9 Apr (Fri): Talk on "Galapagos of the Indian Ocean: Christmas Island, Kingdom of Crabs"

The most intrepid Dr Tan Heok Hui of Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research will share about their recent trip to Christmas Island.

This talk will highlight the unique flora and fauna of Christmas Island, and the findings of a recent expedition conducted earlier in 2010. The main purpose of the Raffles Museum expedition was to update the baseline data of crustaceans in Christmas Island, to complement earlier efforts conducted from 1900 to 1940 by the Singapore National Museum.

Be a part of Singapore's new natural history museum!

You CAN contribute to building Singapore's new natural history museum!
A website has been launched to accept donations from the public. Your gift will help to create a museum that we all can be proud of! $24million is needed by June to make this a reality!

Singapore's marine biodiversity featured on FaunaWeb

NParks' new website FaunaWeb features many of our favourite marine life!

Angry about litter on our shores? Do something!

Join the ICCS 2010 Coordinating Team! International Coastal Clean up Singapore is recruiting for the team to coordinate this year's big clean up.

An enormous line of litter accumulated on a remote shore in Singapore, Jan 10.

The only glimmer of hope we have of stopping this endless tide of rubbish is to raise public awareness. So hopefully people stop littering.

Accumulations of plastic on Tanah Merah, seen in Oct 09

Monkeying around at Sungei Cina

I had a quick look at the tiny patch of mangroves at Sungei Cina.
And came across a troop of Long-tailed macaques browsing in the mangrove forest.

SiReNT, coastal erosion and mangroves

SiReNT (Singapore Satellite Positioning Reference Network) is an ultra-precise satellite navigation network that can be used, among others, to study coastal erosion and natural habitats.
Pulau Semakau will host the sixth and latest point on the system. It will also be used to"study the environment around the southern tip of Singapore, measuring coastal erosion, natural habitats and tidal activity in the area."

Is this a big deal?