In July 2025, PhD student Zann Teo represented the TEE Lab at the East Asia Dung Beetle Research Symposium in Nara, Japan! She shared updates on Singapore’s dung beetle species checklist and morphological key, and connected with dung beetle researchers from both across East Asia and around the world. 🌏 With inspiring talks on dung beetle research from different fields, a field trip to search for dung beetles at Nara Park, the symposium was packed with learning, discovery an

The Tropical Ecology & Entomology Lab (TEE Lab), Asian School of Environment (ASE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) recently had the privilege of participating in the official opening of the new Sustainability Gallery at Gardens by the Bay. We were honoured to showcase our work to distinguished guests, including  President of the Republic of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Kikkoman Corporation honorary CEO, chairman of board of directors Yuzaburo Mogi , and the dedi

Tropical forests are highly diverse and are of significant conservation value. Yet, the continuing disturbance of these habitats, coupled with the effects of climate change, has profound impacts on microclimates and tropical forest organisms. In this study published in iScience , the authors investigated the microclimatic buffering capacity at the scale of functionally important invertebrates along a gradient of forest disturbance (quantified by canopy cover) in the Stability

In October 2025, Assoc Prof Eleanor Slade and Dr Ong Xin Rui had the privilege of participating in "The Second Training Course on Key Technologies of Insect Diversity Pattern Assessment and Intelligent Monitoring System in the Belt & Road Region" , organised by the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences . Course participants at the Tengger Desert The course involved over 20 participants from 16 countries , and was conducted in seven host institutions across six loc

Our recent study on butterfly diversity along road verges in Singapore was featured in Tamil Murasu ! It is exciting to see our work...