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NUS Biodiversity Crew- Birders meet – young David Tan chances upon Ben King in Central Park, New York 15 May 2013
- Donation to university will fund grad student scholarships and honours projects 11 May 2013
- Tea-drinking FTTAs recycle! 9 May 2013
- Registration is now open for LSM4263 – Field Studies in Biodiversity (deadline 07 Jun 2013) 9 May 2013
- Volunteer help with discus fish surveys at Aquarama, 30 May – 02 June 2013 (UK student’s research project) 8 May 2013
- Road resurfacing works from mid-May at Lower Kent Ridge Road 8 May 2013
- Fri 03 May 2013: 3.00pm @ S1A SR: Tang Qian on “Origin and spread of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica” 30 April 2013
- Undergrad part-time field/lab assistants wanted (Apr – Dec 2013) 29 April 2013
- Current research strengths in Environmental Biology (or what the Biodiversity Crew is doing) 25 April 2013
- FTTAs at digital literacy classes! 24 April 2013
- Raffles Museum Toddycats
- Shifting specimens! 15 May 2013
- “Lessons to a child, from Mother Nature” – Toddycat Sean Yap’s relationship with nature 13 May 2013
- Exploring Singapore’s biodiversity – reflections of a Canadian exchange student at NUS 9 May 2013
- Join the Youth for Ecology Dialogues on Saturdays 4, 11 and 18 May 2013: 8 am to 1pm! 3 May 2013
- “Pulau Ubin – facts and discussion” – Tue 30 Apr 2013: 7.00pm – 9.30pm @ NUS LT27 26 April 2013
- The Otter Cycling Trail v2.0 – Of herons, storks, owls, otters and stories galore 26 April 2013
- Otterman speaking at “Our Heritage in Nature” on Sat 11 May 2013: 9am-12:30pm (updated: free admission!) 16 April 2013
- Programme details for our gig in June – “Science on Saturday” for NUS FoS alumni 4 April 2013
- Calendar 2013 27 March 2013
- Faces of the collection – photos from the Raffles Museum Last Hurrah! tours 21 March 2013
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Culling wild boars: Explore humane options (The Straits Times Forum, Tuesday 26 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. Culling wild boars: Explore humane options THERE is currently insufficient scientific data to support the proposed culling of wild boars. We are not calling for no action to be taken, but for humane solutions … Continue reading
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Otterman in Alumnus
Siva, also known as the Otterman, was recently featured in the Alumnus magazine where he discussed his passion for cycling, the environment, teaching, and his thoughts about RMBR and the new Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum! He is certainly … Continue reading
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 25, Memorial Issue for Navjot Sodhi.
This special supplement is dedicated to Navjot Sodhi (1962-2011), former Associate Editor and Editorial Board member of the Bulletin, dear friend, mentor, colleague to many in the department, and last but not least, a scholar who has contributed significantly to … Continue reading
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New articles on Nature in Singapore website
The following articles have been uploaded to the Nature in Singapore website (http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/nis/index.html). Wang, W. Y. & P. A. Todd, 2012. Evidence for carotenoid pigments in the facial bands of two mangrove crab species from Singapore. Nature in Singapore, 5: 159–164. … Continue reading
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MP holds dialogue on wild boars (The Sunday Times, Sunday 24 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. MP holds dialogue on wild boars Inderjit Singh hears Lower Peirce Reservoir residents’ concerns about animals in their neighbourhood About 40 people living near the Lower Peirce Reservoir met their Member of Parliament lnderjit … Continue reading
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Mangrove study to aid conservation (The Sunday Times, Sunday 24 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. Mangrove study to aid conservation Leslie Kay Lim Volunteers in mud-proof boots and gloves are to descend on Pasir Ris Park mangrove forest as part of a new wildlife survey. Around 60 people – … Continue reading
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Dense cities can be green, says minister (The Sunday Times, Sunday 24 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. Dense cities can be green, says minister Vivian Balakrishnan tells Rio summit that the key is to build upwards and leave space for trees Robin Chan Singapore has shown that dense cities can be … Continue reading
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The smell of success (The Straits Times, Saturday 23 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. THE SMELL OF SUCCESS In building Singapore’s newest reservoirs, PUB transformed part of a 30-year-old rubbish dump into an idyllic park for all By Cheong Suk-Wai WHEN Mr Lee How Hay was a child, … Continue reading
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Wild boar incident: Population ‘needs to be managed’ (Today, Saturday 23 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. Wild boar incident: Population ‘needs to be managed’ Singapore – As two wild boars were sighted at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park yesterday morning, with one of them charging at a CISCO security officer and … Continue reading
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Two hurt in wild boar attack in Bishan (The Straits Times, Saturday 23 June 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. Two hurt in wild boar attack in Bishan Creature believed to be from Lower Peirce charged at guard, boy in park. By Stacey Chua A WILD boar believed to be from the Lower Peirce … Continue reading
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