26 May (Sat): Conserving our Biodiversity Symposium at the Festival of Biodiversity

Come for this Symposium to learn more about the importance of our biodiversity and the volunteer action for nature in Singapore!

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This event is part of the Festival of Biodiversity. There have also been changes to the dates and timing of other talks scheduled for the Festival.

Biodiversity for kids during the June holidays!

Exciting nature activities for kids are lined up for the June school holidays! Lots of fun ways to discover and enjoy Singapore's biodiversity!

Kids can easily spot all kinds of interesting wildlife
from the Pasir Ris mangrove boardwalk.

Here's highlights of some of the many exciting nature events for kids during the school holidays. Many for free!

19 May (Sat): Raffles Museum Children's Open House

Don't miss the very last Open House at the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research! A great opportunity for kids and people of all ages to learn more about Singapore's biodiversity and natural history.

Rick Leong enthralls kids at the 2011 Open House.

Join guided tours with a behind-the-scenes look at the museum. Lots of other activities like face painting, make your own museum button, masks and Be a Young Palaeontologist (that's dinosaur specialist!)

Great Grasshoppers of Singapore!

Singapore has some amazing forest grasshoppers! They're not all just brown or green. Some can be quite colourful!

There's now a new eBook on some of these fascinating creatures. It's available for free download!

12 May (Sat): World Migratory Bird Day at Sungei Buloh

With the theme "Migratory birds and people - together through time" this year's World Migratory Bird Day celebrates the continuing relationship between migratory birds and people. Throughout time and across cultures humans have relied on birds, be it to supply food, to deliver messages, or to serve as symbols of power and prestige.

World Migratory Bird Day highlights the need to protect migratory birds and their habitats. It is celebrated world wide on the second weekend each May since 2006.Celebrate migratory bird day at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve with the rest of the world on 12 May 2012!