Hi, I’m Shannon, a Year 1 student studying Environmental Earth System Science at ASE. From June to July 2026, I had the opportunity to take part in the Summer Research programme, where I had my first foray into environmental science research. This is me with my friends at the TEE lab! My project was about investigating the composition of below-ground invertebrate communities in different plot types around Central Catchment Nature Reserve. Soil samples were extracted from diff

The Tropical Ecology and Entomology Lab (TEE Lab) got acquainted with the team from Gardens by the Bay Sustainability Office when we got invited to their BioBlitz in 2025. Following that, we moved onto partnering with them to monitor nocturnal insects within the Gardens under AMBER Project. Two systems, Automated Monitoring of Insects (AMI) and LepiSense, were deployed in the Gardens late 2025. The data collection was recently concluded and we were invited to share the preli

From 27 June to 2 July, Nicole (me, a PhD candidate) with Jo Lyn and Joshua, two Research Assistants from the PIE lab, travelled to XiShuangBanNa (XSBN) prefecture in the Yunnan province of China for the 2026 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC). ATBC is an international yearly conference that focusses on tropical biology, ecosystems and conservation globally. This year, the theme was quite a mouthful: Achieving a Shared Ecological Civilization for Long-T

On 18 June 2026, the Tropical Ecology and Entomology (TEE Lab) held the second run of CoS Science Discovery Camp Ecology Day lab tour. This event shed insights to the world of ecology and conservation for a group of 50 pre-university student participants. The morning started with an introduction by Project Officer Wan Lin to the students on what is ecology and why do we study ecology. This gives the student an understanding of the importance of ecological studies and the kin

Species interact with each other through complex ecological networks. The structure of these networks can be altered by anthropogenic drivers, such as agricultural expansion and climate change, which may impact ecosystem functioning. Increasingly, molecular techniques are being used to monitor biodiversity and construct ecological networks, circumventing the constraints associated with using conventional means to document species interactions over time and space. Field survey