Category Archives: Others

Received an sms at 9:59 am from a friend (Azmi) who had spotted a pangolin (Manis javanicus) road kill along Lornie Road. Got further details with regards to the road kill – after PIE exit, after SICC towards Thomson Road, … Continue reading →

Postdoctoral Fellow in Invasion Biology (Ant Ecology), Christmas Island, Indian Ocean The Department of Botany, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia seeks to appoint a Postdoctoral Fellow to conduct research in Invasion Biology on Christmas Island. Over the last decade, supercolonies … Continue reading →

It was a big affair for sure. Once-a-year ‘Lo Hei’ was here again on 6 Feb 2009! Before noon, all too familiar faces started to trickle in, and the gush camed along with the arrival of the food near lunch … Continue reading →

A set of Philippines stamps were released on 19 December 2008, and it’s no ordinary stamps. These stamps depicts newly discovered crabs from the expeditions to Panglao in which the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, NUS was part of. The … Continue reading →

Let us salute the taxonomists who on the Fijian island of Mba, spotted a new snail and named it Ba humbugi. Editorial The Guardian, Tuesday 23 December 2008 Article history Newspaper style books discourage italics, which is why, when taxonomists … Continue reading →

Applications are now invited for two prestigious PhD scholarships tenable at The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) of The University of Hong Kong (HKU), namely ‘The James Henry Scott Hong Kong PhD Scholarship‘ and ‘The Swire Hong Kong PhD … Continue reading →