Singapore is no doubt a diverse country. But beyond the cultural diversity it is best known for, its diversity of flora and fauna found in its tropical lowland rainforest is immense. This ecosystem occupies much of Singapore’s remaining natural areas. Tropical lowland rainforests are located where both temperatures and precipitation are high, resulting in a high species diversity. Because of this, there are many different interactions between species, including the incredible relationship between wasps and plants that I discovered during my field trip with our NUS Applied Biogeography module this February.

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