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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
Beetle grubs ready to be roasted. Photo by Ajano Tsanglao.

[Explainer] Eating insects could be the future of food

Femi E. Benny 3 May 2021

No honey, no hives, but solitary bees have important lives

Arati Kumar-Rao 8 Mar 2021
A dung beetle finds subsistence in the deserts of Rajasthan. Photo by Peter Davis / Flickr.

[Explainer] The beetles that roll dung and follow the stars

Vatsala Nongmeikpam 1 Mar 2021

Three new leafhopper species described in India

Neha Jain 16 Feb 2021

Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jan 2021

City of blinding lights: Artificial light disturbs nature’s processes in Bengaluru

Vimal Simha 14 Dec 2020
Termites inside a termite mound. Photo by Nikhil More.

Architectural secrets of termite mounds

Anusha Krishnan 28 Oct 2020

[Commentary] Of ants and antelopes – the ecological history of Chennai was not what one would imagine

R.J. Ranjit Daniels; N. Muthu Karthick; Anjana Vencatesan and Jayshree Vencatesan 22 Sep 2020

Air pollution in cities takes a toll on bees

Mohit M. Rao 22 Sep 2020

A new species of blind, underground ant from Goa

Arti Das 7 Sep 2020

How butterflies strike a relationship with ants using specialised organs

Aathira Perinchery 2 Sep 2020

[Explainer] Locust swarms in India: millimeters in size but millions in numbers

Nobin Raja M., Priya Ranganathan 2 Jun 2020

Fireflies appear to be vanishing in this Andhra Pradesh village

Neha Jain 27 Apr 2020

Could tribal honey hunters help save the bees and improve our food security?

Catherine Gilon 23 Mar 2020

Shrouded in secrecy, a new bill for pesticide management coming to parliament soon

Hridayesh Joshi 9 Mar 2020

Urbanisation and climate change sting bees. What can cities do for them?

Kartik Chandramouli 26 Feb 2020

British lawyer comes to India chasing moths

Sahana Ghosh 4 Oct 2019