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What’s happening this Saturday

The weekend is beckoning! If you were planning to attend the launch of the the new Science Centre guidebook (see Ria’s first look here) but got turned away due to space limitations, why not spend this Saturday commemorating World Water Day. The Raffles Museum Toddycats! will … Continue reading

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Gifts from Christmas Island

Click HERE to download article. The third and last expedition to Christmas Island and Cocos Keeling Islands carried out by the Raffles Museum was featured in the Straits Times last Saturday! This follows the coverage we received in the local … Continue reading

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New species come out of their shells

This week, the Raffles Museum is hosting two hermit crab experts from Indonesia and Japan. Co-authors of “A catalogue of the hermit crabs of Taiwan” (with Dr.Patsy Mclaughlin [deceased] and Dr. Chan Tin-Yam [National Taiwan Ocean University]), Dr Dwi Listyo Rahayu … Continue reading

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Diversity of Alpine Vegetation in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

Diversity of Alpine Vegetation in Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

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Extreme Makeover – RMBR style

As many of you already know, most of the specimens of Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research were collected many many years ago. Some of our oldest specimens are more than a hundred years old! These older specimens need the care … Continue reading

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Dr Mohamed Zakaria-Ismail

Photo by Tan Heok Hui, click on image for larger view. Dr Mohamed Zakaria-Ismail from Universiti Malayasia is visiting RMBR from 18th April 2011 onwards for about 2 months. He is here working on the fish collections.

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Mr John Corner

From left: Prof Hugh Tan, Mr John Corner and Prof Corlett (click on image for larger view) Mr John Corner is the son of the late Emeritus Professor E.J.H. Corner, who was a former Assistant Director, Singapore Botanic Gardens, one … Continue reading

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