New 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 MOREProf Peter Ng at the UN Ocean Decade High-Level Launch
This year marks the beginning of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development! From 2021 to 2030, the United Nations General Assembly envisioned a period of exceptional […]
READ MOREThe Road to RIMBA I: Preface
Longboat journey up Sungai Engkari towards Nanga Segerak research station. Photo credit: LKCNHM. Last October, a team from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) embarked on a 3-week field expedition to the depths of the Sarawak rainforests of Malaysian Borneo, as part of the RIMBA-Sarawak collaborative project between the museum (NUS) and Sarawak
READ MOREStories from Christmas Island – The elusive Labuanium vitatum
Somewhere in Christmas Island resides a cryptic tree-climbing crab (Labuanium vitatum), commonly known as the white-stripe crab. With bright purple claws, a purplish body and neon-yellow eyes, it should not be hard to spot. However, even the most seasoned crab catcher has had no luck finding it. The head of the museum, Prof. Peter Ng,
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