Happy International Polychaete Day! An interview with Dr Gregory Rouse
Today, as we commemorate International Polychaete Day, we are privileged to have a chat with renowned annelid researcher, Dr Gregory Rouse, Professor of Marine Biology and Curator of the Benthic […]
READ MOREResearch Fellowships in Biodiversity (Applications Open)
The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) is calling for applications for the Yang Chang Man Research Fellowship in Biodiversity and the Leo Tan Research Fellowship in Biodiversity. […]
READ MOREFriends of the Museum: Dr Peter Davie
The Museum is fortunate to have made many friendships over the years. Some of these friendships go way back; scientists that have worked with our curators and researchers for decades […]
READ MOREUpdated estimates on species extinction in Singapore
Singapore may have lost most of its original forest, but how much of its local biodiversity has actually been lost? After over a decade of work involving many researchers, including […]
READ MOREFive new soft-furred hedgehog species discovered in Southeast Asia!
In a great feat of research, five new species of soft-furred hedgehogs from Southeast Asia have recently been identified! The recently published paper was led by Arlo Hinckley, […]
READ MORENew xanthid rock crabs and epialtid spider crabs featured in Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos
New ground is being broken in the field of crab research by Dr Jose Christopher Mendoza, Dr Lee Bee Yan, Dr Bertrand Richer de Forges and Prof Peter Ng! These […]
READ MOREPreviously unreported clariid catfish sighted at Nee Soon Swamp Forest
Recorded for the first time in Singapore, a previously unreported air-breathing clariid catfish has been sighted at Nee Soon Swamp Forest in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR)! Published in […]
READ MOREFriends of the Museum: Prof Shane Ahyong
Every now and then, the Museum receives visitors from around the world who pay a visit to our Zoological Reference Collection (ZRC) for their research. To share a glimpse of […]
READ MORESpecialist Surgeon by Day, Expert Entomologist by Night: An Interview with Dr Francis Seow-Choen
Written by Wu Ningjing Published earlier this year, “A Taxonomic Guide to the Stick Insects of Peninsular Malaysia: Volume 1” is the tenth book on stick insects by LKCNHM’s […]
READ MORELandmark endeavour to digitise 10,000 historically important specimens collected from Singapore over the last 200 years
Today, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) at the National University of Singapore and the Natural History Museum in London held the inaugural launch of SIGNIFY: A Digital […]
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