Biodiversity for kids during the December school holidays

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

Exciting events include the launch of Neil Humphreys' "Secrets of the Swamp"; free Chek Jawa boardwalk tour; demonstration of traditional prawn farming at Sungei Buloh; a chance to rescue horseshoe crabs; fun with forest wildlife; dragonflies, carnivorous plants and MORE!

Biodiversity for kids during the September school holidays

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

Kids have fun exploring Chek Jawa and
expressing what they saw in awesome drawings!

Free events to explore the Chek Jawa boardwalk, enjoy a nature camp at Sungei Buloh, free art workshops specially for kids, birdwatching and lots more!

13-14 Jul (Sat, Sun) at VivoCity: Festival of Biodiversity 2013

Come for the massive Festival of Biodiversity! The passionate nature community comes together to share the mind-boggling biodiversity from our forests to seashores, even our backyards and parks!

Be bedazzled by butterflies and birds, awed by trees and seagrasses, tickle your curiousity with crabs and colugos. Singapore is wilder that you might imagine. Find out more about our biodiversity and what you can do to make a difference!

Here's some of fun that is planned for the Festival!

Biodiversity for kids during the June school holidays

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

Volunteer the whole family to help in forest conservation or in rescuing horseshoe crabs. Lots of free activities including art workshops, guided walk at Chek Jawa boardwalk, see how traditional prawn farming was done, get a closer look and understanding of our wild monkeys. Or join workshops on owls, butterflies, pond life and lots more!

A crab found only in Singapore!

The Singapore Freshwater Crab is one of the three known species of crabs endemic to Singapore. This means that it is unique to Singapore and not found anywhere else in the world!

The Singapore Freshwater Crab, found only in Singapore.

Here's more about these crabs and the work that has been done and needs to be done to protect them.

Wild about Nature: A look at nature groups in Singapore

Thanks to Lea Wee, there's a great feature of active nature groups in today's Sunday Times! With a "mission to celebrate and conserve what is left of the rich and diverse wildlife here, despite intense urbanisation."

The article is a great introduction to the current nature scene, including some of the most active groups and their work. You CAN be a part of this too!

22 Apr: Earth Day in Singapore

Lots of biodiversity activities to celebrate Earth Day in Singapore this weekend!

What is Earth Day?
There's often much confusion about Earth Day.

Biodiversity for kids during the March school holidays

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

Choose from guided walks at mangroves (Pasir Ris, Admiralty, Sungei Buloh),wetlands (Kranji Marsh, Sengkang Riverside), forests (Bukit Timah, Southern Ridges, Bukit Batok), offshore islands (Pulau Ubin's Sensory Trail). Or go cycling at Changi. Join fun children's activities from treasure hunts, drama and craft workshops, night walks and lots more. Also opportunities to make a difference for our forests as a family.

2 Feb (Sat): World Wetlands Day - Wetlands take care of water

2 Feb is World Wetlands Day and in 2013, the theme is "Wetlands take care of water"

Snippet from "Some Dry Facts about Wetlands"
on the Ramsar site.

In Singapore, celebrate this weekend with kids' and family activities at Sungei Buloh and Kranji Marsh!

New fish record, rediscovered treasures and more!

First record of the blue-tailed dartfish Ptereleotris hanae for Singapore at Pulau Hantu by Dr Zeehan Jaafar and Debby Ng of the Hantu Bloggers!

These and other fascinating articles have been uploaded on Nature in Singapore of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research.