Highlights
Light and calcification in giant clam
September 07, 201507 Sep 2015 NUS scientists discovered that light induces increases in activities of certain enzymes related to light-enhanced calcification in…
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Suspended animation in African lungfish
August 03, 201503 Aug 2015 NUS scientists discovered aestivation in the African lungfish in arid conditions at high temperature involves the up-…
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Conserving a natural heritage icon
June 25, 201527 Jun 2015 NUS researchers highlighted conservation challenges facing the Singapore freshwater crab, and the measures being taken. Discovered in…
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Biodiversity of the South China Sea
June 23, 201523 Jun 2015 Regional marine biologists collaborate to uncover extraordinary coral species diversity in the South China Sea Large Marine…
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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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