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NUS Biodiversity Crew- Job: 2-year Research Assistant for PAR 10 May 2012
- Job: Full-time Teaching Assistant (FTTA) for Life Sciences (Environmental Biology), deadline: 23 May 2012 8 May 2012
- Danwei’s work on the Big-Mess-idae published as “Threatened Reef Corals of the World” in PLoS ONE 30 April 2012
- Job: Full-time Research Assistant for Mangrove Propagule Dispersal project at NUS SDWA / Geography / Biological Sciences 17 April 2012
- Richard Corlett leaves NUS for Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, July 2012 13 April 2012
- Job: Student field assistants wanted for plant traits in regenerating forests project 5 April 2012
- Ong Say Lin to be appointed Director of ACRES Laos PDR 30 March 2012
- Is bigger, better in European dung flies? Nalini and colleagues think so, in Evolution 27 March 2012
- Closure of Lab 7 from Reading Week to Sem 1 AY2012/3 (mid Apr – early Aug 2012) 26 March 2012
- Temporary closure of Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research collections May/Aug 2012 – Feb 2014 22 March 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats
- Come join us at the Festival of Biodiversity (26 & 27 May 2012) 15 May 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats at Festival of Biodiversity (26 & 27 May 2012) 2 May 2012
- Application for DENSO Youth for Earth Action is now open till 15 May 2012! 23 April 2012
- More than 500 learn about local biodiversity at World Water Day @ Lorong Halus Wetland (24 Mar 2012) 1 April 2012
- Find your passion with the rejuvenated Raffles Museum Toddycats! 29 March 2012
- Join Raffles Museum Toddycats at Lor Halus Wetland this Sat 24 Mar 2012! 23 March 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats’ preparation for Singapore World Water Day Exhibition (Sat 24 Mar 2012) 23 March 2012
- Raffles Museum Toddycats at Singapore World Water Day @ Lor Halus Wetland (Sat 24 Mar 2012) 7 March 2012
- The Battle of Pasir Panjang Commemorative Walk, Sun 12 Feb 2012: 7.00am 15 January 2012
- Local biodiversity and dinosaurs go to Geylang East Public Library! 15 December 2011
Category Archives: News
Purple crab mania!
The recently published revision of Insulamon from Palawan by Dr Hendrik Freitag in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology has been garnering quite a fair bit of attention in popular media and the news! Insulamon is endemic to Greater Palawan and the … Continue reading
Welcome, Twinky!
Twinky, our baby Diplodocus is featured in the English and Mandarin press today. After a long sea journey, he arrived safe and sound in Sunny Singapore last Wednesday! The first (of the three) Diplodocus to make this journey, he took … Continue reading
New Purple Crab Species found in Philippines: Features in The Straits Times and National Geographic Daily News
Click on image to download pdf. Manila – Four new species of freshwater crab, bright purple in colour, have been discovered in the biologically diverse but ecologically threatened Philippines, the scientist who found them said yesterday. The tiny crustaceans burrow … Continue reading
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Biologists to study corals’ mass spawning this week (The Straits Times, 9th April 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. THE underwater world is about to put up a spectacular display – one resembling an aquatic snowstorm of pink flurries. Known as the mass coral spawning event, billions of eggs and sperm will be … Continue reading
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Population of wild boars on the rise (The Straits Times, 19 March 2012)
Click on image to download pdf. A year ago, Mr Chang Nam Yuen heard a loud crash in his garden in the middle of the night, accompanied by grunting and groaning. The commotion was caused by a wild boar which … Continue reading
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Marine Study in Singapore digs up 100 species (The Straits Times, January 30 2012)
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Mirroring Nature (The Straits Times, 26 January 2012)
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Five questions with… Dr Tan Swee Hee (The Straits Times, 31 December 2011)
Click on image to download pdf. Five questions with… Dr Tan Swee Hee Biologist Tan Swee Hee is in charge of setting up Singapore’s first dedicated natural history museum in four decades. Dr Tan, 40, a crab taxonomist by training, … Continue reading
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巧手＂抢救＂动物标本 (早报 , 21 December 2011)
Click on image to download pdf. 巧手＂抢救＂动物标本 早报 21 December 2011 本地第一家自然历史博物馆 － 李光前自然历史博物馆再过两年落成，修复展出标本的工作已如火如茶地展开。 新加坡国立大学属下的莱佛士生物多样性研究博物馆（RAFFLES MUSEUM OF BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH，简称 RMBR）日前就迎来独立建国后，第一位标本保护员，负责修复及保护馆中的部分收藏，为李光前自然历史博物馆的开幕提前做准备。 这名年仅２５岁的英国籍女性标本保护员凯特 （KATE POCKLINGTON）本月初抵新后，已火速展开标本修复工作，先后＂抢救＂馆中收藏多年的两只红毛猩猩，一只马来水巨蜥，一只云豹以及一只巨型棱皮龟的标本。 这些标本都是多年前在新加坡和东南亚捕获的动物，是馆内５０多万份收藏中的一小部分。因年代久远，这些标本已出现不同程度的损坏。 其中，有６０多年历史的两只红毛猩猩，手臂已折断；马来水巨蜥的拇指已脱落；而１１３岁＂高龄＂的云豹标本也伤痕累累，两只耳朵已剥落。 凯特日前受访时说：＂新加坡的环境潮湿，标本很容易长霉和发胀，导致眼睛下陷或突出，皮肤表层龟裂，内部铁条支撑架生锈。＂ 她也透露，动物标本中最常见的损坏部位，就是牙齿，拇指或爪子，因为参观者会顺手牵羊，把这些部位带走留念。 在她的巧手下，这些动物标本已恢复往日的样貌，公众可到莱佛士生物多样性研究博物馆 － 睹她的杰作。为了能呈现栩栩如生的标本，她还造访双溪布洛自然保护区，实地观察巨蜥蜴的一举一动。 对于一些从没见过的动物，她则会参考数以百计的照片，然后才决定如何修复标本。她说：＂我知道博物馆落成后将引进恐龙化石，虽然从没负责过化石的保护工作，不过我很期待这样的机会。＂ 除了亲自修复标本，凯特也向博物馆提供建议，让其余的标本能最好的方法保存。 毕业自英国林肯大学 （UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN）保护修复系的凯特，有七年修复标本经验，曾在四家英国博物馆实习目前是牛津大学自然历史博物馆 （OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF … Continue reading
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Clean-up at the museum (The Straits Times, 21 December 2011)
Click on image to download pdf. Clean-up at the museum Grace Chua 21st December 2011 The pair of orang utans, one male and one female, had languished in the closet for years – their hides drying, cracking and splitting down … Continue reading
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