Throwback to our South Java Deep-Sea (SJADES) Biodiversity Expedition in 2018!
On 23 March 2018, a team of 31 scientists and representatives from Indonesia and Singapore set sail from the port of Muara Baru, in Jakarta, for a deep-sea expedition. Over […]
READ MORELKCNHM Special Report 2021
Since our official opening in 2015, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum which houses a growing collection of over a million biological specimens, artefacts, field notes, drawings, and photographs […]
READ MORELaunch of ‘Diard & Duvaucel: A Collection of French Natural History Drawings of Singapore and Southeast Asia, 1818–1820’
In 1818, two young intrepid French naturalists, Pierre-Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel, left Paris to study the fauna and flora of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Diard and […]
READ MOREA children’s colouring e-book!
Our new colouring e-book, ‘Colours of Biodiversity in Singapore’ is out for children and adults with fun facts and activities!
READ MOREe-Book: Saltwater Crocodiles in Singapore
Despite being commonly seen sunbathing and swimming in Singapore’s nature reserves, saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) have been officially classified as extinct in Singapore in the IUCN Red List since the 1996 […]
READ MORENew species of firefly discovered in Singapore
SINGAPORE, (March 08, 2021) – Researchers from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, have discovered a new species of firefly from the last remaining freshwater […]
READ MORELetting Data Take Wing: Creating a digital butterfly collection
This feature is written by Everlyn Julya Koh, who undertook an internship with the butterfly digitisation project. In 2019, the museum embarked on a butterfly digitisation project with an aim […]
READ MOREA Gem from the Mangroves of Kerala, India: New Tree-climbing Crab Species
This section first appeared in NUS Research News on 30 September 2020. A new species of tree-spider crab, Leptarma biju, has been uncovered from the mangroves in Kerala, India, by researchers from the […]
READ MOREE-Book Launch: Voyagers, Explorers & Scientists
In January 1819, the ‘Indiana’ dropped anchor in Singapore, and Sir Stamford Raffles stepped ashore. Many Singaporeans have heard the story of Raffles’ founding, with William Farquhar, of a British settlement in Singapore. What is perhaps less known is that his expedition was also accompanied by two French naturalists, Pierre Médard Diard and Alfred Duvaucel.
READ MOREE-Book Launch: 200 Points in Singapore’s Natural History
Exactly one year ago, LKCNHM launched the exhibition ‘200: a natural history’ to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial. The exhibition chronicles 200 natural history events from the last two centuries of modern Singapore, filling the walls of the temporary gallery with specimens, images and anecdotes of animals, plants, events, places and people that have played important roles
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