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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, 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

The Tamilian Warrior becomes a state symbol

Vasudevan Sridharan 8 Aug 2019

What is preventing the widespread adoption of biopesticides in India?

T. V. Padma 9 Jul 2019

A floral calendar for bee conservation

Sahana Ghosh 25 Jun 2019

Your environment this week: India’s disappearing insects, tiger den in Veerappan’s lair, sand mining crisis

Mongabay.com 14 Jun 2019
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Where did insects come from?

Geetha Iyer 11 Jun 2019
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Insects are disappearing in India, and we don’t even have data

Geetha Iyer 11 Jun 2019