Hitachi x LKCNHM: Advancing STEM Education in Singapore
On 20 May 2024, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) hosted an exclusive showcase, ‘Hitachi x LKCNHM: Advancing STEM Education in Singapore’, in collaboration with Hitachi Asia, Hitachi […]
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 MOREA Tribute to Pokémon Day 2023
Happy Pokémon Day from all of us at LKCNHM! On this occasion, we would like to offer some food for thought about how the Pokémon franchise and the Museum may […]
READ MORESingapore Junior Biology Olympiad 2022
The Singapore Junior Biology Olympiad (SJBO) 2022 practical competition was held on 17 August 2022 (9:00am to 3:00pm) at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Organised by the […]
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 MOREUpdates from the South Java Deep Sea Expedition
The South Java Deep Sea Biodiversity Expedition of SJADES 2018 kicked off on 23rd March, sailing off in the BARUNA JAYA 8 on the evening tide. The first four days were spent in the Sunda Straits between the islands of Sumatra and Java, and facing the open Indian Ocean. The time was used to good
READ MOREResults of ExxonMobil Endangered Species and Conservation Programme Documentary Making and Poster Design Competition 2018
The ExxonMobil Endangered Species and Conservation Programme aims to increase public biodiversity and conservation awareness of Southeast Asian biodiversity. Under this fully sponsored programme, participants attend a customised 3-hour workshop, where they spend the first two hours learning about endangered species and threats that affect their survival. During the last hour, participants are encouraged to
READ MORECollective voice by biologists highlight role of taxonomy in conservation
In an article appearing in PLoS Biology on 14 March 2018, 184 biologists from 172 institutions worldwide have written of their concerns regarding a recent proposal to radically overhaul the way in which animals and plants are named and defined. Among these biologists include LKCNHM museum officer Dr. Hwang Wei Song, as well as Dr.
READ MOREVisiting Scientists Feature: Ichthyologist Edition
Recently, we hosted ichthyologists Dr. Helen Larson and Dr. Kevin Conway. Dr. Larson is an old friend of the museum, having visited numerous times prior. On the other hand, this is Dr. Conway’s first visit to LKCNHM, despite having ties to the museum as an Associate Editor for the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. During their
READ MORENew Checklist of Freshwater Fishes of Brunei
Dr. Zohrah Sulaiman from Universiti Teknologi Brunei, together with Heok Hui and Kelvin from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, recently published a new annotated checklist of freshwater fishes from Brunei Darussalam. This new checklist almost doubled the number of freshwater fish species from the previous checklist published in 1995, with a total of 104 species
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