Highlights
Butterflies develop different sized eyespots
March 15, 201515 Mar 2015 Praying mantises preferentially attack the eyespot patterns on the wings of butterflies instead of their bodies, contributing…
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Bird thought extinct 74 years ago is rediscovered
March 09, 201509 Mar 2015. The Irrawaddy Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre altirostre was redisovered near Yangon by a joint team co-led by…
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A new species of cricket discovered
November 27, 201427 Nov 2014 A cricket species was recently described from Admiralty Park in Singapore and named Cardiodactylus admirabilis.The discovery of…
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A new species of glassperch fish discovered
October 24, 201424 Oct 2014. NUS scientists discovered a new species of glassperch fish in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Dr TAN Heok Hui…
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Restoring reefs with doomed corals
October 20, 201420 Oct 2014. Juvenile corals growing naturally on unstable substrates are useful for stocking coral nurseries to assist reef rehabilitation…
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Near-complete extinction of fauna
September 29, 201429 Sep 2014. NUS researchers recorded dramatic loss of biodiversity. Deforestation is expanding throughout the tropics and has converted the…
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Cultivated versus natural greenery
August 23, 201423 Aug 2014. Having more urban trees appears to buffer the impacts of roads, but it can only support a…
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Unusual parenting in a Southeast Asian species of treefrog
May 30, 201430 May 2014. Chiromantis hansenae has been discovered to practice parental care to increase the likelihood of survival of its…
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A new species of rasborin fish discovered
May 28, 201428 May 2014. Scientists in NUS discovered a new species of rasborin fish in Indonesia. Dr TAN Heok Hui from…
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