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Seeking answers to nature's mysteries in museum's vault of life
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum's collections have thrown up some surprises
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Marcus Chua and Darren Yeo For The Straits Times
In the study of natural history, poking an ant's nest can sometimes pay off.
It was what Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum insect scientist Wendy Wang was doing last year when she and her colleagues discovered in a preserved nest an ant species new to science.
