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LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM

Some of the butterfly specimens from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum that have had their images and information put online in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, a free international biodiversity database.

Butterfly specimens from Singapore, Malaysia find new life on Web

Oct 10, 2020, 5:00 am

Seeking answers to nature's mysteries in museum's vault of life

Sep 5, 2020, 5:00 am
Alfred Russel Wallace and his assistant, Ali, collected over 125,660 specimens of insects, birds, reptiles, mammals and shells from South-east Asia. ST PHOTO: JASON QUAH

Statues unveiled to honour UK naturalist and his Sarawak aide

Aug 31, 2019, 5:00 am
The skeleton of the 10.6m-long sperm whale, nicknamed Jubi Lee, on display at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. The female whale was found dead off Jurong Island in Singapore's golden jubilee year in 2015, leading to her nickname. From her D

Dead whale tells tale of scientific discovery

Apr 13, 2019, 5:00 am
The red crab migration turns the streets on Christmas Island a bright red. The phenomenon can be viewed on Google Maps Street View from early next year. But Lee Kong Chian museum visitors can watch it first.

Learn about Christmas Island crabs at nature museum

Dec 19, 2017, 5:00 am
Professor Peter Ng on Christmas Island crabs

Learn all about Christmas Island's red crabs at new exhibition

Dec 18, 2017, 7:51 pm
Professor Leo Tan with a stuffed tiger at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum. Prof Tan and his former student, Professor Peter Ng, were instrumental in setting up Singapore's only natural history museum.

National Day Awards: Leo Tan: Scientist, teacher and eternal optimist

Aug 9, 2016, 5:00 am
The dolphin carcass being removed by Ramky Cleantech Services workers yesterday. The workers poured disinfectant over the carcass and the surrounding area. They then wrapped it in trash bags and canvas sheets, before lifting it up with a large canvas bag

Museum set to examine dolphin carcass

Jul 8, 2016, 5:00 am

Fate of dolphin carcass still unknown more than 12 hours after it was washed ashore on East Coast beach

Jul 7, 2016, 10:47 am
Visitors can get close to the skeleton of the 10.6m-long adult female sperm whale, nicknamed Jubi Lee by museum staff, and see it "eye to eye" - it is displayed in a diving pose with its skull just 1m off the floor.

A whale of an exhibit

Mar 15, 2016, 5:00 am

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