The device uses a protein based biosensor to detect harmful pollutants like phenol and benzene from water samples

Ecology

Mysore
22 Dec 2020

Study evaluates regional factors that play a vital role in reducing conflicts between people and wild animals in the Ladakh region.

Bengaluru
19 Dec 2020

Some fantastic relationships between some animals and their or others’ dung.

Mysore
28 Sep 2020

Researchers survey eighty-one river sites in Arunachal Pradesh and sight only seven White-bellied Herons.

Bengaluru
8 Dec 2020

An aerial view of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka [Image Credits: Bishnu Sarangi from Pixabay]

Bengaluru
17 Feb 2020

Powered by citizen science, the State of India’s Birds report calls for conservation efforts to save India’s aves.

Bengaluru
25 Sep 2020

Noctiluca blooms in the Arabian Sea, as seen from space. [Image Credits: Norman Kuring/NASA]

Bengaluru
30 Nov 2020

Black-eared kites take journeys of an astounding 3300–4800 kilometres each year across the Himalayas into Central Asia, and back. 

Bengaluru
27 May 2020

In a recent study researchers have assessed the ability of natural forest species and single-species (monoculture) plantations to capture and store carbon over a long period. 

Bengaluru
25 Nov 2020

Searching for mates and predation risk can alter spatial interactions between tree crickets and green lynx spiders.

Bengaluru
17 Nov 2020

Scientists used mathematical models and satellite data to understand how seed dispersal from forest trees helps in maintaining the savanna–forest boundaries.