Best of our wild blogs: 21 Aug 14

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Greater Banded Hornet nest from Bird Ecology Study Group Is there a Singapore Scops Owl? from Francis' Random Yaks, Articles &...

Singapore's food security dependent on diversifying sources: Maliki

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Monica Kotwani Channel NewsAsia 21 Aug 14; SINGAPORE: The Republic is reliant on other countries in terms of food support, but diversifyi...

Increase in fires due to dry spell: SCDF

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Amanda Lee and Monica Kotwani Channel NewsAsia 20 Aug 14; SINGAPORE: More fire calls were made in the first half of this year despite a d...

Energy-intensive firms could see returns from sustainability efforts in under 3 years: NEA

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Monica Kotwani Channel NewsAsia 20 Aug 14; SINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency (NEA) says some heavy users of energy may not have ...

Pulau Ubin micro-grid to be platform for energy-related technologies

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Channel NewsAsia 20 Aug 14; SINGAPORE: The development of energy-related technologies is the focus for the next phase of the Pulau Ubin M...

Python caught at Braddell Road

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Channel NewsAsia 21 Aug 14; ACRES was alerted at 9.10am, and the python was caught 50 minutes later. The python was sighted on the fenc...

Malaysia: Sunda pangolin heading for extinction

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The Star 21 Aug 14; KOTA KINABALU: Conservationists here fear that a shy nocturnal creature is heading for extinction due to demand for i...

UK: Sky lanterns and launchers steered by new safety code of practice

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Chinese or paper lantern dangers prompt government guidance, ranging from lamp design to advice on where and how to set free James Meikle T...

First local loris study slow-going

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David Ee The Straits Times AsiaOne 20 Aug 14; FOR 200 years, this "ninja" of the forest has eluded explorers. The Sunda slow ...

Walk on the wild & wet side

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Yvonne Privitha The New Paper 20 Aug 14; SINGAPORE - Her alarm was set for midnight, and she had three computers turned on, ready to regi...

Mediation helped reduce cat cullings

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Linette Heng The New Paper AsiaOne 20 Aug 14; SINGAPORE - Like Ms Angela Ling, most of the mediators in the Cat Welfare Society (CWS) sta...

Singapore can tap more solar power by 2050

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Audrey Tan The Straits Times AsiaOne 20 Aug 14; SINGAPORE - The sun could supply almost a third of Singapore's electricity, up from l...