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Examining the Dung Beetle Collection at Forest Research Centre-Sepilok, Sabah
In the early days of June, Tropical Ecology and Entomology (TEE) Lab member Marx Yim (Project Officer) travelled to Forest Research...

Marx Yim
Jul 13, 20222 min read


Riparian Buffers Can Mitigate Biodiversity Declines in Oil Palm Plantations
The expansion of oil palm across Borneo has fragmented forest habitats and created barriers to movement for many forest animals resulting...
eleanorslade
Jul 7, 20222 min read


A Fruitful Week at ITBC-UMS BORNEENSIS Dung Beetle Collection in Sabah
On the last week of May 2022, Tropical Ecology and Entomology (TEE) Lab members, Dr. Eleanor Slade (PI), Marx Yim (Project officer), Ong...

Marx Yim
Jul 5, 20222 min read


Best Science PhD Thesis Awarded to Dung Beetle-Mammal Interaction Networks Study by Dr Chiew Li Yuen
Our warmest congratulations to TEE Lab's postdoc fellow, Dr. Chiew Li Yuen from the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation...

Marx Yim
Jun 29, 20221 min read


Are riparian buffers a source of rhinoceros beetles in oil palm?
Pasukan Kumbang Badak (The rhinoceros beetle team) in action! The team started the fieldwork in January 2022 to answer the question: Are...

Marx Yim
Jun 27, 20221 min read


Dung Beetle Traits Can be Shaped by Human-Induced Temperature Changes
Our new paper, led by Joe Williamson, and including data collected by ex-TEE Lab undergraduate Enoch Teh during his research project, has...
eleanorslade
Jun 16, 20221 min read


Opinion: Smuggling of Sri Lanka’s wildlife by foreign nationals
Sri Lanka has some of the strongest species protection laws that prohibit the exploitation of all endemic species. However, it has been...
Tharaka
Apr 22, 20221 min read


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

Marx Yim
Apr 13, 20221 min read


My TEE LAB RESEARCH ATTACHMENT
Hey there! I’m Breanna and I joined the Tropical Ecology and Entomology (TEE) lab briefly during the December holidays as a research...
Xin Rui Ong
Mar 28, 20224 min read


Rivers may form barriers to small but not large dung beetles in tropical forests
We have a new paper out in the Sepilok Bulletin – the journal of the Forestry Department in Sabah – which shows that some dung beetles...
eleanorslade
Feb 10, 20221 min read


CNA news feature - Dung beetles on Pulau Ubin
The TEE Lab was given the amazing opportunity to share about our research on Pulau Ubin! We even saw an Onthophagus dung beetle rolling...
Xin Rui Ong
Feb 7, 20221 min read


The Journey of Creating the Singapore Dung Beetles Species Checklist – Part 1
A species checklist is the documentation of what species are present in a geographical space in a certain timeframe, and it allows us to...

Marx Yim
Jan 26, 20222 min read


Dung Beetle-Mammal Dung Interaction Networks are Resilient Across a Gradient of Forest Disturbance
In Dr Chiew Li Yuen’s first paper from her PhD, "Dung Beetle-Mammal Dung Interaction Networks are Resilient Across a Gradient of Forest...

Marx Yim
Jan 19, 20221 min read


Understanding Dung Beetle Diversity and Community Composition In Singapore
Hello everyone! I’m Yong Xu, a Year 3 student from the Asian School of Environment specialising in Ecology. During my last summer break,...

Marx Yim
Jan 19, 20224 min read


Comprehensive checklist and conservation assessment of singapore bees
Did you know that Singapore has a total of 133 bee species? In this new paper, we present the first checklist and conservation status...
Xin Rui Ong
Jan 18, 20221 min read


Arthropod diversity #2 - Catching em' all
Hey there! It's Li Si again! A year ago, I posted about my URECA research project and today, I'm excited to finally share about some of...

Li Si
Jan 8, 20223 min read


Trimorphism in Dung Beetle, Proagoderus Watanabei
When competition between males for mates is intense, some males will adopt alternate tactics to increase their chance of mating success....

Marx Yim
Dec 20, 20211 min read


Milestone Achieved! Congratulations to our Three New PhD Candidates!
The TEE Lab is proud to announce that our PhD students Ong Xin Rui, Tharaka SP and Tabitha Hui have successfully passed their qualifying...

Marx Yim
Nov 18, 20211 min read


Roadkills in Northern Peninsular Malaysia
As Malaysia’s economy continues to grow, an ever-expanding road network is being built to support the new developments. Whilst roads...

Marx Yim
Nov 15, 20212 min read


Mobilising Data on Ecologically Important Insects in Malaysia & Singapore GBIF Project By BIFA/MOEJ
The Tropical Ecology and Entomology (TEE) Lab is ecstatic to announce that we are embarking on a Global Biodiversity Information Facility...

Marx Yim
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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