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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...
Winnie Lam
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...
Sasha Haldane
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...
Dr. Benoit Guénard
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...
Dr. Benoit Guénard
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...
Sasha Haldane
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...
Dr. Benoit Guénard
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...
Christophe Barthelemy
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...
John Terenzini
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...
Sasha Haldane
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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