A new review reveals that rising global temperatures, increased pollution, and extreme weather events are driving a global surge in eye diseases, disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities and challenging healthcare systems.

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Roorkee

A new review reveals that rising global temperatures, increased pollution, and extreme weather events are driving a global surge in eye diseases, disproportionately affecting vulnerable communities and challenging healthcare systems.

New Delhi
Gelechia bilobuncusa (top, left: ), Gelechia adi (top, right), and Istrianis ladakhensis (bottom). Image credit: Authors, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.6
Bengaluru

New research reveals that as logged forests become hotter and drier, birds forced to live outside their specific temperature and humidity preferences suffer from lower body weight and reduced survival rates.

Dehradun

New research reveals that cultural tolerance and political pressure, rather than just biological science, dictate the life or death of tigers in India and wolves in Germany.

Guwahati

Researchers at IIT Guwahati have discovered that while drought shrinks the vertical water channels in plants, it triggers a structural adaptation that boosts the efficiency of sideways water transport, ensuring survival in dry conditions.

Bengaluru

A new open-source satellite tool has revealed the critical ecological and economic importance of India’s Open Natural Ecosystems, challenging the colonial-era classification of these biodiversity hotspots as unproductive wastelands.

Sikkim

Three new species discovered in the Himalayas: a new springtail from Sikkim and 2 new ants from Assam.

Nagpur

Satellite analysis confirms rising temperatures and wind patterns are driving aerosol spikes across India, with a record high in 2022 following the historic lows of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Wayanad
Image: Dolomedes indicus, Adult Female (left) and adult male (right). Credit: Authors https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-26308-2
Bengaluru

New research from India reveals that, contrary to long-held scientific beliefs, feeding on trees and shrubs does not provide Asian elephants with more protein than grazing on grass.

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