Singapore's window pane shells in a study of their shell features

Thanks to Ling Li, our humble little Window pane shells appear in a fascinating paper about them.

As their common name suggests, these clams are indeed translucent. But they are also quite strong. Ling Li studied why this is so.

Singapore's shores featured in Nature of a City

Chek Jawa and the Mega Marine Survey are featured in Nature of a City a Channel NewsAsia documentary.

Dr Shawn Lum of the Nature Society (Singapore) and Chek Jawa volunteer Choo Yi Feng speak about Chek Jawa (8:40 - 14:17)

Dunman High begins a third year of sharing about our shores

I had a great time with another great bunch of student councillors at Dunman High School yesterday. I gave a talk to share about our shores and to prepare some of them to help guide at the Naked Hermit Crabs' Chek Jawa boardwalk tours.

This is part of Mr Loh Kok Sheng's effort to introduce his students to nature and nature guiding under a very apt name of EXCEL. This programme hopes to expose students to real issues, and real efforts to address them by real people. I'm delighted to be a part of this, and look forward to meeting these joyful students outdoors!

Singapore's anemones in study of anemone bleaching

Thanks to Dr Jean-Paul Hobbs, photos of Singapore's sea anemones were included in a study of bleaching in sea anemones that host anemonefishes.

Bleaching Giant carpet anemone
(Stichodactyla gigantea) at Pulau Hantu
during the 2010 mass coral bleaching event.

I feel it's important to document happenings on our shores, even if the photos are not pretty. And to share these photos. Together with scientists and experts, hopefully we can find out more about what is going on and how to protect our marine life.

Blue drums that batter Sentosa shores starting to disintegrate?

An update by Heng Pei Yan shows the blue drums on Sentosa are beginning to break, leaking a white plastic foam-like substance on the shore.

Photo by Heng Pei Yan.

She also observed a drastic change in the layout of the blue drums on the shore.

Wet recce trip at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal

Despite the ferocious wet weather, a brave team of volunteers gathered for a recce walk at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.

With a happy crab drawn by Chay Hoon!

We saw all kinds of interesting animals including a fish we haven't seen before.