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Study finds more animals showing same-sex behaviour, but also reveals stigmas in research

Swati Thapa 16 Jan 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

India gears to use eDNA to identify, track wildlife

Sanjeev Kumar 22 Dec 2023

Study finds physical barriers restricting blue sheep gene flow

Arathi Menon 20 Dec 2023

[Book Review] From footnotes to the forefront: a note of gratitude to invaluable field assistants

RSC Jayaraj, Shagufta Ahmed 14 Dec 2023
Trishul mountain peaks in the Kumaon range.

Scientists have found ancient ocean water in the Himalayas that could offer insights about evolution

Niladry Sarkar 13 Dec 2023

Hangul population in Kashmir could go extinct without intervention, finds long-term study

Sneha Mahale 11 Dec 2023
Photo by Jayne Doucette/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 

Analysing the history of the Indian Ocean with past cruise records and sediment cores

Sahana Ghosh 1 Dec 2023

Genetic insights of the Kempholey night frog offer better conservation strategies

Neha Jain 30 Nov 2023

No magic bullets to deal with snakebites

Arathi Menon 22 Nov 2023
Western Hoolock gibbons. Photo by Udayan Borthakur/Aaranyak.

Saving India’s only ape, the hoolock gibbon

Ashvita Anand 21 Nov 2023

[Interview] “Favourable conditions and diet important for ex-situ conservation of wild cats”

Rahul Singh 14 Nov 2023

[Interview] Wildlife biologist Sumit Dookia on researching the understudied Asiatic wildcat

Shuchita Jha 9 Nov 2023

Study busts myths around king cobra venom

Arathi Menon 9 Nov 2023

[Analysis] Indian aviation’s turbulent path to sustainability

Chirag Dhara, Litisha Bagadia, Tanvi Kadakol 7 Nov 2023
A camera-trap image of a clouded leopard in Manas National Park. Clouded leopards are a largely arboreal, shy animals considered the "smallest big cat" in the world. Photo by Urijit Bhatt.

Clouded leopards develop ways to survive competition

Arathi Menon 19 Oct 2023

The poorly studied Eurasian lynx in Ladakh needs more research for conservation

Shailesh Shrivastava 18 Oct 2023

Assam study shows bats are crucial for natural pest control in paddy fields

Sneha Mahale 10 Oct 2023
An elephant with a radio collar walks through a coffee estate on May 18, 2023, near Sakleshpur, Hassan district, Karnataka. Photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa

There is more to radio collaring than cheetah deaths

Arathi Menon 6 Oct 2023