NUS Module Blogs

October 2007 - Posts

• Sea Cucumbers Fast Track Organ Regrowth By Healing Their Wounds

  See the press release at Science Daily . Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:52 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: echinodermata, news

• Explore the Tree of Life web project

  Link - www.tolweb.org/tree/ Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:35 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: web resource, biodiversity

• Photos of local echinodermata

  Visit WildSingapore's Echinoderm collection for lovely photos by Ria Tan. Uploaded with Skitch! Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:17 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: echinodermata, photos

• BBC's Life in the Undergrowth - Giant Cicadas emerge

  This is the video I was referring to when I discussed Cicadas last Wednesday during the lecture on Arthropoda: BBC's Life in the Undergrowth with David Attenborough. See Habitatnews for some news about Cicadas in Singapore - from Pulau Ubin and the old Read More... Posted Friday, October 19, 2007 9:49 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: video, arthropoda

• Seahorse surprise last Friday

  Last Friday, most groups were forced off the shore when rain clouds over Ubin and Tekong unleashed lightning repeatedly on those islands. With the wind blowing towards Changi, I alerted the TAs and we all got off the beach. The dark clouds and strong Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:57 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: practical, changi, photos

• Abigayle Ng on Changi's marine life and links to find out more

  ------ Message begins ------ From: Abigayle Ng Hi Students, Here's a list of the animals we caught (and released) while seining. Aren't you glad we got to go into the water? The photo album from the field trip on Flickr but here are some highlights (all Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 17, 2007 3:49 PM by N. Sivasothi | 1 Comments Filed under: practical, changi

• How many Molluscs can you spot?

  Specklet on Flickr featured "Tiny animals on fingers" - its a really lovely collection! Can you figure out how many of them belong to the Phylum Mollusca? Click the image to view the complete set. Read More... Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:41 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: photos, mollusca

• Annelida: About leeches

  While preparing for the lecture on Protostomes, I realised to my regret, that I had time only for one slide about leeches (Phylum Annelida: Class Hirudinea). It brought back memories of a jungle track in Borneo almost two decades ago, that inspired this Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:02 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: annelida, article

• Group A tackle the Animal Diversity Practical

  This is the dreaded mother of all practicals that exposes you to animal diversity from sponges to mammals. Its quite a challenge but luckily for you there are enthusiastic Teaching Assistants (our Biodivsersity Graduate students) who do their best to Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 7:09 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: practical, animal diversity

• Photos from the Kent Ridge field trip practicals

  Just click the image to see the Flickr albums: LSM1103 - Kent Ridge Practical, 17 Aug 2007 (Group A) LSM1103 - Kent Ridge Practical, 31 Aug 2007 (Group B) Read More... Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:40 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: practical, kent ridge, adinandra belukar

• The swimming sea anemone

  This is the video I mentioned in class today under Phylum Cnidaria- the Swimming Sea anemone, Boloceroides mcmurrichi , swimming in a tank during a sea anemone workshop conducted by Daphne Fautin for naturalists and biologists in the National University Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:05 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: cnidaria