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Addressing the Diversity of Dung Beetles in Sabah: From Checklist to Conservation Effort
During the 8th-Quinquennial Memorandum of Understanding with SEARRP on the Danum Valley Research Programme On 28 July 2023, a signing...
Xin Rui Ong
Aug 22, 20232 min read


The Little Critters Matter Too
Hello, I am Belle and in this blog post, I will be sharing more about my Final Year Project (FYP) which I did under the supervision of...
Xin Rui Ong
Aug 21, 20235 min read


ATBC 2023
During the summer of 2023, TEE Lab members, Dr. Eleanor Slade, Dr Chiew Li Yuen, and Ong Xin Rui, had an exciting opportunity to present...
Xin Rui Ong
Aug 3, 20232 min read


ASE Ecology Graduate Zann Teo Wins Koh Boon Hwee Scholars Award & Honours Asst. Prof Eleanor Slade
The TEE Lab is overjoyed to congratulate Zann Teo, a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Earth Systems Science graduate specializing in...

Marx Yim
Jul 25, 20232 min read


Visiting & 'Dung Beetling' at Danau Girang Field Centre
Towards the end of May 2023, TEE Lab members, Dr. Eleanor Slade, Ong Xin Rui and Chiew Li Yuen, had the amazing opportunity to visit...
Xin Rui Ong
Jun 21, 20232 min read


(NEW Publication) The Future Of Tropical Insect Diversity: Strategies to Fill Data & Knowledge Gaps
The tropics harbor a large proportion of biodiversity, with recent estimates suggesting that they hold the highest arthropod biomass...
Xin Rui Ong
Jun 21, 20231 min read


(NEW Publication) Effects of land use change ON Dung Removal & DB Taxonomic & Functional diversity
Land use change, particularly the conversion of natural landscapes to agricultural areas, is a major contributor to biodiversity loss in...
Xin Rui Ong
Jun 21, 20232 min read


Bagging Awards! Best Poster Prize in RES Student Forum + 1st prize in 3MT Heats
We are super happy for two of our TEE lab members, Zann and Xin Rui, who have won awards for presenting their research in the recent...
Xin Rui Ong
Jun 15, 20231 min read


(New Publication) Enhancing the ecological value of oil palm agriculture through set-asides
In oil palm agriculture, set-asides (i.e. uncultivated parts of agricultural landscapes) may help minimize environmental impacts but also...
Xin Rui Ong
Jun 8, 20231 min read


Dragonflies and damselflies can provide effective biological control of mosquitoes
Mosquitoes pose a significant threat to human lives as they transmit deadly diseases. Each year, over a million people succumb to...
Tharaka
Jun 6, 20232 min read


(GBIF-BIFA) Examining the Dung Beetle Collections at Oxford University Museum of Natural History
In the early days of March this year, TEE Lab project officer Marx Yim travelled to Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH)...

Marx Yim
Mar 31, 20231 min read


(New Publication) Grand challenges in entomology: Priorities for action in the coming decades
As part of the Royal Entomological Society (RES)'s ‘Grand Challenges in Entomology’ programme, RES members (including our very own Dr....
Xin Rui Ong
Mar 21, 20231 min read


Increasing crop compositional heterogeneity reduces the pest attack on cruciferous vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae) are economically highly important crops that are grown worldwide and are often a part of our daily...
Tharaka
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Arthropod Diversity #3 – Flavours of Life
Hello! This is Li Si, a recent graduate from NTU ASE and today I’m wrapping up my trilogy of blogposts by sharing about the Final Year...

Li Si
Mar 14, 20234 min read


Media Coverage: NTU researchers charting the world of Singapore’s dung beetleS
We were delighted to be featured in The Straits Times on our dung beetle surveys in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. We had an...
Xin Rui Ong
Mar 2, 20231 min read


(GBIF-BIFA) Taxonomic Checklist and Occurrences of the Dung Beetles in Sabah, Malaysia
The "Taxonomic Checklist and Occurrences of Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Sabah, Malaysia" has now been...

Marx Yim
Feb 10, 20232 min read


A Day In The Life of A Insect Ecologist
In November 2022, Dr Eleanor Slade and Dr Chiew Li Yuen, both ecologists and entomologists from the Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab...

Marx Yim
Feb 4, 20231 min read


(NEW PUBLICATION) Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration in Tropical & Sub-Tropical Forests in Asia
In recent decades, equatorial forests have seen extensive tropical deforestation and degradation driven by logging and agriculture...

Marx Yim
Jan 31, 20232 min read


Kuamut Rainforest Conservation Project Biodiversity Data Management and Analysis Workshop
In collaboration with the Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Partnership (SEARRP), the Tropical Ecology & Entomology (TEE) Lab of the...

Marx Yim
Jan 31, 20232 min read


Exciting finds in Dung Beetle Surveys
Since late 2022, the TEE Lab has been surveying and documenting dung beetle communities across the forests of Central Catchment Nature...
Xin Rui Ong
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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