Archive for the 'Museums & Zoos' Category

Singapore Zoo

09Sep08

Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea) devouring a piece of fish. This is one of the two otter species that can be found in Singapore, the other being the Smooth Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata). A good place to look for them would be the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

Caught mid-fruit: a Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), which can [...]


Nestled on the third floor of a building in NUS, the compact Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research is impressive but underloved. Entry is free, but evidently the students of NUS had their hands full with other more pressing matters that Tuesday morning.

Among the stuffed and suspended animals may be found civet cats, bats and monkeys [...]