Ecology

Bengaluru

Although Sarus Cranes are monogamous, a new study shows a novel social unit called trios, where an additional adult is found along with two adults. 

Pune

Diatoms — single-celled algae — can be indicators of the health of Karnataka’s rare Myristica swamps

Bengaluru

Dinesh C. Sharma’s ‘Indian Innovation - 100 ideas that transformed India’ is an inspiring book documenting all key innovations post-independence in India.

Bengaluru

Not more than two decades ago, I played with snails on rainy days and would see them crawling abundantly on plants. My friends and I would collect them in glass bottles, treating them as pets.

It appears that snails have almost vanished from our gardens. Lush green landscapes and trees have dwindled to become a few patches of green separated by tall buildings in between.

Bengaluru

Study finds that considering multiple social interactions as a whole instead of individual interactions helps identify the potential queen of a wasp colony. 

Madurai

Researchers from IIT B root for restoring Madurai’s historical water tank system to address the region’s water woes 

Bengaluru

Tropical savannas, replete with large expanses of grasslands, are often misclassified as wastelands.

Bengaluru

Researchers find a greater abundance but an altered epiphyte community in selectively logged forests

Jaipur

A study finds that electric vehicles are less intrusive to animals during safaris.

Mumbai

A study finds that the rapidly expanding land use of Mumbai is driving the region’s remaining wildlife into the remnant forest fringes.

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