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Apr 20

Earth Day 2024 and The Story of 4 Species

Today, April 22nd 2024, marks the 54th anniversary of Earth Day! It is both a celebration of this incredible planet we call home, and a...

Apr 19, 2023

Specimens ShowCase | Clicking Jewel

"Click! Click!" What sound is it?🤔 Don't worry, nothing is about to explode—The culprit behind this clicking noise may be a click...

Feb 19, 2022

Bolas Spiders

I was very lucky to come across a sleeping 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪 this week. I almost walked past it, thinking it was a large...

Jan 14, 2022

Why are museum collections important?

In a world where increasing information and data are now accessible online, natural history collections may appear as an archaism of a...

Dec 21, 2021

Understanding Nature: Species names and Naming Species

Did you know that the field of biology which describes species is called taxonomy? Let’s see here why this is important? And why strange...

Nov 9, 2021

Ogre Faced Spiders

A spider with remarkable web fishing skills is the Ogre faced spider – shown here is the Hong Kong species 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘴...

Oct 6, 2021

Biological Invasions

Who would expect to encounter a lion, a polar bear, an Andean condor or a Sequoia tree while taking a walk in Hong Kong (except maybe...

Sep 21, 2021

The Mutualism of Wasps and Mites

The common perception of wasps as an insect living within a colony composed of hundreds to thousands of individuals, which eventually...

Sep 11, 2021

Jelly Fish: Portuguese Man O’ War

When it comes to introducing Physalia physalis, one must first talk about taxonomic classification. The genus Physalia is the sole...

Aug 3, 2021

Ant-like Crab Spiders: The Amyciaea Genus

Many spiders mimic other species – either as a defense against predators or as a way of predating on their model. The Amyciaea species...

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