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Beekeeping thrives in Kashmir amid bi-annual migration to warmer places

Mudassir Kuloo 2 Jul 2024

Rising temperatures alter insect-crop interactions and impact agricultural productivity

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 7 May 2024

Meet the beetles, the tiny titans of pollination

Arathi Menon 25 Mar 2024

Presenting the click beetles: A sound, light and dance show

Geetha Iyer 15 Jan 2024

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes shift homes from forests to rice fields

Vandana K. 3 Jan 2024

Lab-grown special mosquitoes can be the secret weapon to fight dengue

Mahima Jain 20 Jul 2023
A female katydid fitted with a radio tag to study her movements.

Flying is riskier for female katydids, finds India’s first insect radio telemetry study

Vinaya Kurtkoti 26 Apr 2023
A hummingbird moth.

Decline in pollinators linked to half a million premature human deaths every year, shows study

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2023
An egg seller in Delhi. Photo by Pallav.journo/Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] As India faces an egg shortage, can insects be a potential solution for protein and nutrition?

Femi E. Benny, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 27 Mar 2023

Dimming the glow of firefly festivals in Maharashtra

Abhijeet Gurjar 1 Jul 2022

[Explainer] How are fireflies affected by light pollution?

Shreya Sharma 22 Jun 2022
Image shows a honeybee surrounded by yellow flowers

What do bees see? Developing urban gardens to attract pollinators

Shobha Menon 12 May 2022
Aedes aegypti in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim/Wikimedia Commons.

The cost of invasive species bears heavy on Indian economy, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 3 May 2022
Tuberonotha strenua. Photo by Geetha Iyer.

Mantispids: secretive insects with lace for wings

Geetha Iyer 6 Apr 2022

Crimson rose butterflies migrate across the sea, leaving a trail of questions

Malaka Rodrigo 14 Mar 2022

High-flying dragons: how the globe skimmer migrates across the Indian Ocean

Neha Jain 10 Nov 2021

Moth biodiversity assessment finds nearly 500 moth species in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary

Roopak Goswami 1 Sep 2021

Bees recorded feeding on sweat and tears of human beings

Roopak Goswami 16 Jul 2021
Apis cerana bees. Photo by Denis Anderson, CSIRO/Wikimedia Commons.

[Explainer] What is Thai sacbrood virus and why does it affect bee colonies in south India?

Chinmay KV 23 Jun 2021

Newly described scorpion species from Western Ghats highlight need for more research and conservation

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 May 2021