Channel NewsAsia 19 Jul 07 SINGAPORE: You may think that Singapore lacks biodiversity, but the latest collaboration between National Parks Board and an international pharmaceutical company may just prove you wrong. Drug discovery company MerLion Pharmaceuticals and National Parks Board have inked an agreement to tap into Singapore’s diverse plants, animals and micro-organisms. The company […]

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Though just 40 minutes from the mainland, Pulau Hantu is proving to be quite the idyllic island getaway for lovers.. that is if you’re a shrimp. In your private and gorgeous anemone, anything can happen! Swing by the Budak Blog for a peek into the secret and naughty life of a little shrimp in the […]

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The Wildfilms crew visited Hantu islands intertidal over the weekend and uncovered a remarkable find of Mushroom Corals amongst other things. How many kinds of underwater fungi can you find at Hantu? Bedazzled with the answer at the Wildfilms Blog.

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A nice coral head Last Sunday wasn’t too good a day for being outdoors. As you all might know, we had torrential rains almost all of last week, which probably accounted for the disappointing or rather, challenging visibility conditions at the island. A phyllidia sea slug To add to that, we thought that as we […]

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White Manta Diving, a local dive operator will be conducting an “Adopt-a-fish” program over the weekend in areas that include the Johor Marine Park and the Anambas archipelago. For an adoption fee of between $18-$90, tourists can release a frogfish, a pair of seahorses or a pair of mandarinfish into reefs close to the dive […]

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Samson Tan joined the Hantu Blog for his first dive into local waters! He has guided and attended several reef walks with the Raffles Museum Toddycats and the Blue Water Volunteers, but taking the plunge gave him a new and unexpected perspective of underwater life in Singapore! Above is one of the many great spots […]

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The “goby?” photographed in last weekend’s Blog Log on May 27th has been identified as Amblygobius decussatus. Zeehan Jaafar from the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, explains: “We have not seen this species although historically known, but not in the museum specimens, except once individual from Jeff Low’s photo 8 months ago.”

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The Wildfilms crew made a visit to Sentosa’s shores which are due for reclamation. Read about the dilemmas of raising awareness of our shores and view some of the amazing wildlife that can be spotted, such as mooncrabs (above) and Nemos, on the wildfilms blog.

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Ceratosama were amongst some of the critters I missed at last Sunday’s dive. For everything else small, elusive, and totally invisible check out Hui Bing’s site.

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Despite the recent spade of torrential rains, the skies cleared up for us last Sunday. We set out on our bum boat to Hantu Island. We were informed that morning that boat prices will increase in July, which might affect the cost of our dives when July comes, so please be alert to the possibility […]

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