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This is never fun for either the Tiger, Mr Bats, Xylo or myself. And it's an insecticidal shampoo that we use in conjunction with Revolution. We managed to skip 2009 and have been eyeing them for smells and out of the norm scratching. A household dog obviously would not have lasted th...
I have had a few records trickle in, enough to get me hopeful. Will we see more of Lyssa zampa this year? There is a peak emergence around the mid-year, which is difficult to detect annually, but can make an impression every few years, with the public sharing records with each other, ...
Primate researcher Amanda Tan is tweeting her observations about the Hindhede group of long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis ) from Bukit Timah. This is the best-studied group of long-tailed macaques in Singapore. “being preggers must be tiring. Annette takes a quick snooze (:” (A...
An old friend from The Philippines, Lyca Sandrea G. Castro dropped by to visit Meryl Theng and myself to chat about … otters of course! Lyca and later her student studied the diet, distribution and threats to small-clawed otters in Palawan Island, The Philippines. There’s lot more to ...
“At the Pasir Panjang station, for example, the artwork features Lieutenant Adnan bin Saidi, a war hero who led Singapore in the Battle of Pasir Panjang against the Japanese in 1942. Images of Singaporean actor Aaron Aziz, playing Lt. Adnan, are used to create a mock movie poster abou...
Southeastern Johor beckons with its low-traffic roads and is a cycling destination for Singaporeans seeking a change from a concrete landscape. My cycling kakis, Zendogs, have cycled Pengerang on road and off road trips. After talking about it for a year, we finally set out to Desaru ...
Even before I matriculated, I worked at the Zoological Reference Collection at Block S6, Level 3, host to the zoological collections of the former Raffles Library and Museum. After decades of wandering about during ‘The Lost Years’, the collection had found a permanent home in Faculty...
The Master of Science (Environmental Management) (MEM) Alumni are organising a seminar with the Nature Society Singapore (NSS) and have put together a session wth NSS stalwart Leong Kwok Peng stalwart and myself. I learnt that the moderator might be none other than ICCS Otter Ng Kai S...
