Don’t make little of our forest critters. These tiny soil and leaf litter dwellers, from bugs to butterflies, punch above their weight in terms of the benefits they provide to the ecosystem. To bring awareness to them, ecology undergrad Tay Li Si set out to identify and quantify the local forest arthropod community and learn how reforestation affects them. His study, the first of its kind in Singapore, also scored him an invitation to present his research at an international conference.

This story was published in the Oct-Dec 2021 issue of HEY!. To read it and other stories from this issue in print, click here.