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[Explainer] What can lichens tell us about atmospheric pollution?

Arathi Menon 31 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Pressures on the Thanpattan pastureland threaten biodiversity, pastoral livelihoods

Nidhi Singh 19 Jan 2024

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

India gears to use eDNA to identify, track wildlife

Sanjeev Kumar 22 Dec 2023

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

RSC Jayaraj, Shagufta Ahmed 14 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

Dachigam National Park at risk as forest cover, natural habitat reduces, reveals study

Hirra Azmat 24 Nov 2023

No magic bullets to deal with snakebites

Arathi Menon 22 Nov 2023

Study busts myths around king cobra venom

Arathi Menon 9 Nov 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
A Theocostele alata flower.

Loss of orchid species in Bangladesh is “alarming,” say researchers

Farhana Parvin 6 Sep 2023

Gig workers in India are exposed to highly polluted air and carcinogens, finds preliminary study

Vandana K. 17 Aug 2023

Plastic-rock hybrids found on the Andaman Islands

Vinaya Kurtkoti 27 Jun 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
Conducting fieldwork in Fakim Community Reserve with a local resident Alemba. Photo from Joli Rumi Borah.

[Interview] Conservation scientist Joli Rumi Borah on integrating traditional knowledge in research

Sahana Ghosh 13 Apr 2023

[Commentary] Decentralised waste water treatment systems to improve water security

Somnath Pal, Charu Bhanot 23 Jan 2023

[Podcast] Imprints: Sifting through microfossils with Rajani Panchang

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 20 Jan 2023

What’s for lunch? Elephants are picky eaters finds study in northern West Bengal

Nabarun Guha 3 Jan 2023