No, not an April Fool’s joke. From today, the Raffles Museum officially becomes Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Since our public gallery closed a year ago, everyone at the museum has bee...
https://rafflesmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/raffles-museum-of-biodiversity-research-is-no-more/
PUSHING 70, Professor Leo Tan has seen most of his dreams come true. Some were his own, others were thrust upon him. He wanted to be the first Singaporean to graduate with a marine biology PhD ...
https://rafflesmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/03/21/man-of-science-and-dreams-st-article-21st-march-2014/
Currently under construction, The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) is slated to open at the end of the year. Its collection includes the 500,000+ specimens that are currently house...
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) student Chua Wei Ming returned to his hostel one day to find an unlikely squatter in the from of a snake in his shoe cupboard. Pictures of the scaly squatte...
‘Extinct’ orchid resurfaces in Bukit Timah reserve Straits Times 29 Jan 2014 B8 by Feng Zengkun An orchid species thought to be extinct in Singapore has been found in the Bukit Timah Nature...
A species of orchid (Vrydagzynea lancifolia) that has not been recorded in Singapore for more than 80 years has been rediscovered in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Read more about the plant, how it ...
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https://rafflesmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/23/the-3rd-bornean-frog-race-is-here/
Did you know that the dried leaf cockroach (Pseudophoraspis nebulosa) is known to exhibit what appears to be parental care for its young? Such behaviour would only be known if they are documented...
https://rafflesmuseum.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/singapore-biodiversity-records/
Alfred Wallace, co-discoverer of the modern theory of evolution and explorer extraordinaire has a strong connection with Singapore. While working in Singapore in the mid-1800s, he made numerous c...
https://rafflesmuseum.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/commemorative-statue-of-alfred-russel-wallace/