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Biodiversity

Green pockets a lifeline for wildlife as forest patch makes way for Chencharu housing

The 99-year leasehold plot is located in the up-and-coming Chencharu residential area in Yishun town.
The 99-year leasehold plot is located in the up-and-coming Chencharu residential area in Yishun town.

What the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon delivered for forests and Indigenous people

FILE PHOTO: Piles of wood are seen during \"Operation Green Wave\" conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Piles of wood are seen during \"Operation Green Wave\" conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

‘Byte-sized’ plants: Singapore Herbarium goes online

From spiky branches to dome-shaped: How corals in Singapore have evolved over 70 years

The corals today are mostly dome-shaped or flat and they host a lower diversity of marine life.
The corals today are mostly dome-shaped or flat and they host a lower diversity of marine life.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Nov 9, 2025

Firefighters began battling the blaze on Nov 8. But firefighting efforts were suspended overnight for safety reasons.
Firefighters began battling the blaze on Nov 8. But firefighting efforts were suspended overnight for safety reasons.

Stinking, spongy, sparkling: Huge 1,100 sq ft spiderweb in Europe unlike any seen before

The web stretches for about 1,140 sq ft
The web stretches for about 1,140 sq ft

Green activists need to think beyond carbon emissions

Fumes rise from the coal-fired Hunter Power Plant in Castle Dale, Utah, U.S., October 28, 2024. REUTERS
Fumes rise from the coal-fired Hunter Power Plant in Castle Dale, Utah, U.S., October 28, 2024. REUTERS

Greek divers haul up ghost nets destroying marine life

Volunteer divers from the environmental group Aegean Rebreath use lift bags to raise a fish-farming net from the seabed during an underwater cleanup off the islet of Sapientza, near Methoni, in southern Greece, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas
Volunteer divers from the environmental group Aegean Rebreath use lift bags to raise a fish-farming net from the seabed during an underwater cleanup off the islet of Sapientza, near Methoni, in southern Greece, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas

Mangrove species from Timor-Leste to make Singapore debut in Bay East Garden from 2027

Gardens by the Bay's principal horticulturalist Anton van der Schans (left) and mangrove specialist Augustino Mendez Perera collecting Ceriops australis propagules on Oct 19 in Hera, an area on Timor-Leste’s northern coast.
Gardens by the Bay's principal horticulturalist Anton van der Schans (left) and mangrove specialist Augustino Mendez Perera collecting Ceriops australis propagules on Oct 19 in Hera, an area on Timor-Leste’s northern coast.

Fewer migratory birds stop in S’pore as thousands get killed in nets, hunting in China

A broad-billed sandpiper caught in a net used by hunters in China.
A broad-billed sandpiper caught in a net used by hunters in China.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.