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दक्षिण आशिया हा प्रदेश उत्तुंग हिमालय पर्वत आणि अनेक नद्यांनी समृद्ध असा आहे. पण महापूर, दुष्काळ, वादळे आणि अनियमित पाऊस ह्या सारख्या नैसर्गिक आपत्ती येथील जनतेस वेठीस धरतात. त्रिभुज प्रदेशात, अर्धशुष्क प्रदेशात तसेच हिमनद्यांच्या खोर्‍यांमधे रोजचे जीवन निसर्गाच्या अधीन असल्यामुळे अस्थिर असते. लोकांना तग धरून राहण्यासाठी वेगवेगळे मार्ग शोधावे लागतात.

In a series of studies, researchers have investigated how the Hemidactylus geckos, or leaf-toed geckos, evolved during the two periods of climate change.

भारत में तापमान बढ़ने से फसल उत्पादन के लिए खतरा हो सकती है।

In a recent study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science and Education Research, Kolkata, have investigated the nest architecture of a species of Indian ant, called Diacamma indicum.

In a recent study published in the Behavioral Ecology journal, Dr Anand Krishnan from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, studied birds’ singing activity and changes in the community structure of singing birds, before and after the arrival of migrant birds. The findings serve as a framework for monitoring rapidly-changing urban habitats through vocal birds and their singing behaviour. 

A curious question in science is to know how these different types of lions evolved and how different are today’s lions from their ancestors. In a new study, an international team of researchers have tried to answer these questions by analysing the genes of extinct and living lions. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), finds that about 500,000 years ago, modern and now-extinct lions shared a common ancestor. Further, about 70,000 years ago, two different lineages of modern lions emerged. The findings also have implications on the conservation of the remaining lion population, which is just 10% of what it was a century ago.

प्रथिने मुद्रित करून त्यावर पेशी वाढवण्यासाठी लागणारे मायक्रोकॉंटॅक्ट शिक्के आता कमी किंमतीत तयार करणे शक्य

Salazar Slytherin – the parseltongue wizard who talks with snakes in J.K. Rowling’s fantasy Harry Potter is not just a mystical character name of the Potterverse anymore! Now, its found a place in India’s biodiversity as a newly discovered pit viper from Arunachal Pradesh has been named after this character. 

मानवता युद्धों की गाथा के इतिहास की साक्षी रही है। हालाँकि, एक युद्ध ऐसा भी है जो रोज़ाना और लगातार होता रहता है – यह हमारे पाचक आँत में अच्छे और बुरे बैक्टीरिया के है!

Three new species of horned frogs discovered from the forests of Northeast India.