Biodiversity

World’s soils deteriorating while solutions go unused: UN

The report found that in 52.5 per cent of regions and subregions soil management was poor or very poor.

Government will do studies on rich marine biodiversity before western island reclamation

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong had announced that an island for industry, energy and defence needs would be reclaimed in coming decades by combining several southern islands.

Dung beetles bring poo-sitive news about animals in Central Catchment Nature Reserve

NTU research fellow Ong Xin Rui (left) and associate professor Eleanor Slade with specimens of local dung beetles. There are more than 25 known local dung beetle species in Singapore.

Malayan tigers actively breeding at new reserve in Pahang

Covering 134,183ha and bordering Taman Negara Pahang, the reserve expands one of Malaysia’s largest and most important tiger landscapes.

Sentosa’s Tanjong Rimau to be shored up with nails, concrete blocks to prevent erosion, slope damage

Tanjong Rimau has been experiencing slope damage, rockfalls and erosion over the years.

Forum: Not too late to study if Long Island can be formed without land reclamation

Govt study says Long Island works will have minor impact on environment

A saddle grunt fish at Bedok Jetty on June 30.

Rare coral reef blue hole found in South China Sea

Scarab beetle found on Pulau Ubin new to science

The Anomala sp. aff. matricula was uncovered during a survey of Pulau Ubin between 2018 and 2021.

Scientists discover ‘hyperparasite’ in Malaysia Borneo jungle

The new species targets ants and manipulates the infected insect’s nervous system before making it behave erratically and killing it.

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