Vol
6 No 3 Sep-Dec 98
Wasp at Schefflera flower
Photo by Tan Tze Tiong
NATUREWATCH is a
full-colour quarterly magazine featuring articles of interest to
nature lovers everywhere.
This page is a sampler of the
photos and articles in this issue
About this site
Wasp at Schefflera flower
Photo by Tan Tze Tiong
NATUREWATCH is a
full-colour quarterly magazine featuring articles of interest to
nature lovers everywhere.
This page is a sampler of the
photos and articles in this issue
About this site
Official
Magazine of the Nature Society (Singapore)
Of
Aliens that Follow in Man's footsteps Lim
Kim Seng discusses the deliberate and accidental "introductions'
of plant and animal species into places they've never been before and the
harm they can do, including Aliens in Singapore.
Unfortunately, there appears to be No Winners in the
War against Aliens.
Toddy
Palms sentinels
of Singapore's College of Medicine. Photos and information on their uses
as a source of toddy, writing paper, timber and role in the habitat. By
E H Wu and Y C Wee. 
Bird
Collecting 120 years ago Some
things have actually changed for the better after a century, reports
Richard E Hale as he tells of how birds were shot and stuffed in
the past.
Vegetable
or Weed? They're good reasons for 'taming' this weed ('yea-kok-choi'
Rorippa heterophylla) by potting, growing and eating it too, report
Tan Woei Yng and H T
W Tan.
No
Insects, No Breakfast! An eye-opener on the importance of all
insects to humans. Our Lifeline—The Forgotten
Pollinators A summary and review of a book that explains our
connection with the insect world by Betty L Khoo.
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Nature Society Singapore