Chek Jawa featured in The Epoch Times

Thanks to Li Yen, Chek Jawa is featured in The Epoch Times!

It reproduced information from the wildsingapore website, and lots of photos too!


More about The Epoch Times.

Singapore's shores in a magazine for Singapore school children

Thanks to Jason of Nurture Craft, thousands of school children read my little blog post Singapore has wild dolphins, otters, dugongs, sea turtles and more!.

He had included it in Think Earth, a magazine targetted at children 12 and above and sold to schools in Singapore.

Singapore's marine life in Pacific marine invert ID cards

Thanks to Céline Barré, Singapore's marine life is included in an awesome series of ID cards for some marine invertebrates in the Pacific Islands.

The "Identification cards for marine invertebrate surveys in the Pacific Islands" will be printed on plastic for underwater surveys.

Naturally foraging monkey and better robots

This photo of a Longtailed macaque foraging naturally at Admiralty Park was used in a paper about designing robots that can better find stuff among clutter!
Thanks to Marc Killpack for including this in the awesome paper! So share your photos of Singapore's amazing wildlife doing their wild thing. You never know how they can contribute to science!

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 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.

Singapore crab in “Merveilleux crabes”

Thanks to Sophie Leonard our humble Mound crab is featured in a french book on crabs by Catherine Vadon.

Sophie says: in French “Merveilleux crabes” means “Marvelous crabs”. How delightful!

Photos CAN make a difference for conservation

Thanks to Cai Yixiong, I had a unique opportunity to speak to the Nature Photographic Society, Singapore this morning.

I was rather nervous because I don't consider myself a photographer, but I had a great time sharing about our shores and highlighting some ways that our photos can make a difference for conservation in Singapore.

Singapore's shores featured in SIF magazine

Thanks to Karenne Tun, there's a feature about Singapore's shores and some of the work done for them in  Singapore, a quarterly publication of the Singapore International Foundation (SIF).

The magazine is "one of the ways SIF helps build a better understanding of our country to the international community. Here is where we share stories, anecdotes and insights about the heart and soul of our country and its people, and turn the spotlight on a Singapore that is not immediately evident."

Pasir Ris mangroves featured in the Weekender

A night trip to Pasir Ris with surprise snakey creature is featured in the latest issue of Weekender!

In the segment entitled "Discovery" my earlier blog post was reproduced in the magazine that aims to be "your inspiration to a weekend filled with fun and happiness".

Singapore sponges and Henry Carter

Thanks to Michael Downes, Singapore's marine life is featured in faraway UK in celebration of the great 19th century sponge expert Henry Carter who studied and named sponges from Singapore!

Michael has chosen to feature a photo of Singapore's Pseudoceratina purpurea in his wonderful write up. This is a photo of the sponge taken on Sisters Island and seahorses seem to like to cling onto the sponge!

Postcards on positive interaction with our wild animals

Thanks to Zuze Boh, our wondeful wild piglets from Chek Jawa are featured in a series of postcards on local wildlife!

This is part of an effort to raise awareness of how to interact positively with wildlife in Singapore. Here's more about how we can peacefully interact with wild boar.

New Wild Singapore book is launched

The new Wild Singapore book was launched this morning!

The launch was organised by PanSing the distributor of the book, with the lovely Victoria Koh looking after all the details.

Wild Singapore book in the news!

Thanks to David Ee of the Straits Times, there's a lovely article about the new Wild Singapore book!

Photo by ST photographer Desmond Foo

David highlights the strange justaposition that may perplex many people: "Singapore got wildlife meh?"

Wild Singapore book on sale from today

Thanks to the kind support of N. Sivasothi, the first sale of the Wild Singapore book will be at the National University of Singapore from today!

It will also be on sale at other upcoming events. The book has yet to be launched (targeted for early November), and  yet there is already such encouraging and kind support. Thank you!

Our wild shores in a children's Chinese activity book

Thanks to Cherryn Yap of Splash Productions, some my photos of our fascinating mangrove life have been used for a children's Chinese activity book for Berries, a chinese language enrichment school.

The book is given out free to children on Children's Day!

Singapore marine life in PictoLife marine guidebook

Thanks to Antoine Dray, some photos of Singapore's marine life is featured in their new waterproof guide on marine life in the Red Sea - Indian Ocean!

I just received a copy of the guide today!

The Semakau Book is launched!

The second edition of the Habitats In Harmony was launched last week! And it's a gorgeous publication with stunning photos and lots of interesting information!

This edition includes lots of new photos and more information as well as 133 additions to the biodiversity checklist. Congratulations to Marcus Ng and Alica Tan and the Ink on Paper team for this great book!

Fabulous Marine Exhibition at the Festival of Biodiversity

The Marine Exhibition was a great success! Thanks to the awesome panels put together by Sabrina of NParks, and the many interesting booths manned by volunteers of various marine groups.

Here's a glimpse of some of the whirlwind of events that took place last weekend.

Dragonets of Singapore sorted out, with a new record!

Thanks to Dr Ng Heok Hee, we now know that the cute little fish we often see at Changi is the Smallhead dragonet. And it is a new record for Singapore!

He has just done a review of our awesome dragonets and here's the latest on them.