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November 2007 - Posts

• Wild Singapore photos

  During the revision today, I featured several photos from WildSingapore, including this pair of nudibranchs. Hop over to take a look and surf through the photos. You will find representatives of most phyla there, and all were taken in Singapore! [ link Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:29 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments

• Evolution of beer

  Wonder if you've seen this before. The fish at the end is a mudskipper, which you would see lots of at Sungei Buloh nature reserve and Pasir Ris mangrove boardwalk. Read More... Posted Monday, November 12, 2007 11:59 AM by NG PEK KAYE, ABIGAYLE | 3 Comments

• Stephy at the beach

  NTU exchange student Stephy Chua writes about her experience during the Changi Beach practical. Ending this interesting account of her first ever interaction with marine creatures is a picture of her very cute kitten! Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:44 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments

• Morgany's photos from the Changi Beach practical

  The marine life caught by the seine during the Changi Beach practical were set aside in tanks for all groups to see. Later they were released back to the sea but happily some of them were photographed by LSM1103's Lab Officer Morgany T. See the Flickr Read More... Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 10:09 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments

• Why we didn't allow anyone barefoot on the beach

  A Chinese national beach-goer at Sentosa is stabbed by the spines of a stonefish ( Synanceja horrida ). Mind you, this is not the first case that has been reported there. The New Paper has the story (04 Nov 2007) [ pdf ]. It is interesting to note that Read More... Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 9:23 PM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments

• Worldwide decline of amphibian populations

  Stuart et al., 2004. Status and trends of amphibian declines and extinctions worldwide. Science, 306 (5702): 1783 - 1786. - [ public link - NUS link ] "Scientists first became concerned about wide-spread amphibian population declines when they met in Read More... Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:42 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: amphibia, conservation