Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) hosted the sixth scientific committee meeting as the Chair and Secretariat of the International Consortium of Universities for the Study of Biodiversity and the Environment (iCUBE) at the Integrated Sciences Building, UBD on November 15. The meeting brought together researchers from Monash University, the National University of Singapore, and UBD, with […]
Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) field assistants recently made an unexpected “living fossil” discovery in Temburong, dubbed the Green Jewel of Brunei.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) field assistants recently made an unexpected ‘living fossil’ discovery in Temburong, dubbed the ‘Green Jewel of Brunei’. The Borneo Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) is a rare Bornean endemic lizard, the only known species in the family Lanthanoidae, an ancient lineage of lizards. This is the first time the lizard has been […]
Researchers Learning From The Brainy Bats Of Borneo
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Virginia Tech researchers have teamed up with international partners to create a state-of-the-art image capture tunnel that will provide a new level of insight in the field of biomotion. Combining the efforts of faculty and student teams, their project has yielded more than $800,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation to continue the work.
The effort is led by mechanical engineering Professor Rolf Mueller, who has been studying the biosonar and motion behaviors of bats for more than two decades. While working in partnership with other schools around the world to observe a wide array of species, he has grown increasingly curious about the role that bat flight plays in enabling the animal’s autonomous capabilities.