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Mandai opens animal hospital with CT scanner, retractable roofs, water features in wards

A CT scan of a striped hyena at Mandai Wildlife Group's new Wildlife Healthcare and Research Centre.

NUS researcher wins inaugural global award for work in using flood waters to combat drought

NUS assistant professor He Xiaogang has become the first winner of the inaugural Global Climate Research Prize for his innovative work.

Immersion trail at Singapore Botanic Gardens gets visitors to engage with nature

Visitors standing next to a “Choose a Tree” prompt on the Nature Immersion Trail at Saraca Stream on June 11.

NParks staff member among several people being investigated for handling snake on Mandai Trail

The National Parks Board is investigating how a snake was handled on the Mandai Trail.

askST: How do countries deal with waste from nuclear energy?

Storage casks, each standing 6m tall, for used nuclear fuel and high-level waste at Switzerland’s interim storage site, which has been in operation since 2000.

Deep underground nuclear waste storage could be feasible in Singapore, study shows

Disused fuel elements from nuclear power plants and research reactors have been stored in special protective casks at the Ahaus interim storage facility since 1992 in Germany.

Science Talk

Why Singapore is getting its ducks in a row in exploring nuclear energy

sbnuclear19 - Aerial shot of the Gosgen nuclear power plant in Switzerland

Credit: Kernkraftwerk Gosgen

Spotted a seahorse or pipefish in local waters? S’pore researchers want to know

An estuarine seahorse photographed by marine scientist Neo Mei Lin in Pulau Hantu in 2010.

Dead dugong spotted at Bedok Jetty; first recorded sighting since 2021

The dugong was found floating in the waters off Bedok Jetty on June 6, before it eventually washed ashore and was discovered further along the East Coast Park beach.

Fewer large trees in Singapore’s older forests, more than 100,000 insect species here: NParks

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Parkgoers walking past the Terap Nasi Heritage tree (left), which is dedicated to Delta Electronics, on June 3, 2026.

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