The video above was released on Wednesday, 28 September. More explosions occurred at noon on Thursday, 29 September. Why did the fire flare up again? According to Shell, the affected area “has lengths of pipelines and connected pumps, and holds a mix of hydrocarbons”. The pipes are no longer in use but still contain fuel, […]

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Feared to be globally extinct, the discovery of this fabulous sponge is featured in the latest issue of My Green Space published by NParks. Karenne Tun and Eugene Tay share that ” the Neptune’s Cup sponge was first seen in Singapore waters in 1822. According to historical records, the Neptune’s Cup sponge was common during […]

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Ria Tan visited the dark and murky waters of an oil-slicked Tanah Merah on Friday. She was trying to photograph a gianormous squid during a predawn trip on Friday when this even larger THING silently swam towards her! Read the rest of this post

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The gorgeous photography of Hantu Blog volunteer Jimmy Goh, was recently featured in Singapore’s daily broadsheet, The Straits Times. More recently, it was also put together in a slide show presentation for asia! Magazine. Who knows where else the critters of Hantu will spring up?!

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The Straits Times Saturday Special Report: the PASSION peddlers By RADHA BASU Opening others’ eyes to what lies beneath 4 December 2010 Photojournalist aims to raise awareness of rich marine life in Singapore’s waters SINGAPORE is not the first place that springs to mind if you are a diver looking for a rich and diverse […]

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December 26, 2009 The New York Times For the many disappointments of the recent climate talks in Copenhagen, there was at least one clear positive outcome, and that was the progress made on a program called Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation. Under this program, key elements of which were agreed on at Copenhagen, […]

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Our beautiful nudibranch won in last week’s EOL photo contest! The Encyclopedia of Life has a lively EOL flickr group with regular contests themed around various aspects of the Planet’s amazing biodiversity. So it was a great surprise that our humble but very handsome Chromodoris lineolata won the contest about ‘stripes’. Other entries included spectacular […]

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By Lawrence Bartlett Yahoo News 29 Oct 09; HONG KONG (AFP) – The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong’s famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of a looming global tragedy. At the heart of their story is the bizarre fact that there are more fine fish swimming […]

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Combined land and ocean surface temperatures for the world are fifth warmest on record The ocean surface temperature was the warmest on record for July, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the US. Incidentally, on 28 June 2009, the Hantu Blog recorded an underwater temperature of 31 degrees C, up from […]

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Scientists are set to study the earbones and organs of more than 2000 albacore tuna to better understand the growth, age and breeding patterns of this increasingly important species. Albacore tuna are harvested from tropical to temperate waters, mainly for canning, but also to satisfy the growing market for fresh fish in Europe and the […]

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