LKCNHM Thursday Talk Shop Season 4
[Update: Our Thursday Talk Shop Season 4 series have ended. You may check out our Online Resources page to watch the recordings, along with past seasons of the series.] The […]
READ MOREBiodiversity Research in Timor Leste
This section first appeared in NUS Research News on 24 August 2021. The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) at NUS has recently strengthened its alliance with Conservation International […]
READ MOREVirtual Journey to Christmas Island
Explore Christmas Island over land or under water together with our staff in our second Virtual Journey!
READ MOREVirtual Journey to Pulau Satumu
… Adventure beaconed from far off, and his heart leapt to greet the light. Maurice Henry Hewlett, The Forest Lovers (1898) As darkness creeps into the setting sky, a small […]
READ MOREHSBC-sponsored marine conservation workshops
We are pleased to offer three complimentary workshops at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM)! Generously sponsored by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), these marine […]
READ MORESJADES 2018: Treasures from the Deep
Of Giant Significance A new species of deep-sea giant isopod, which was named Bathynomus raksasa, has been described by researchers from NUS and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). It is the first time that the genus Bathynomus has been collected in Indonesian waters and is also one of the largest known to science. Marine
READ MOREReconstructing a Sperm Whale’s Tale
Four years after a female sperm whale was found dead in Singapore waters, scientists are starting to put the pieces together to reconstruct the story of how she got to be there. Discovered off Jurong Island in July 2015, she was the first (and only) sperm whale sighting that has been recorded here till date.
READ MOREVisiting Scientist Feature: Dr. Alexander Ziegler
Last week, we welcomed a new visitor to the museum! Hailing from the University of Bonn in Germany, Dr. Alexander Ziegler studies sea urchins as well as other marine invertebrates. In particular, his research focuses on the internal anatomy of sea urchins. Dr. Ziegler at his workstation in one of our research labs. Traditionally, researchers
READ MOREVisiting Scientist Feature – Mr. Bruce Jenkins
This week, we have a new visitor here at LKCNHM! Mr. Bruce Jenkins is a research associate from the Australian Museum in Sydney, focusing on the study of Malacology (i.e., molluscs and other shellfish). An avid shell-collector as a teenager, Mr. Jenkins began his career as a research assistant at the Australian Museum in the
READ MOREVisiting Scientist Feature – Mr. Muhammad Masrur Islami
Hello! We are back again with another visiting scientist feature – this time, on Mr. Muhammad Masrur Islami, a research associate from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Ambon, Indonesia. Mr. Masrur is collaborating with our curator, Mr. Tan Siong Kiat, and Dr. Tan Koh Siang from the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI) to
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