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When an Austrian museum held the key to the rediscovery of an Indian cuckoo bee species

Bengaluru | Sep 3, 2019
When an Austrian museum held the key to the rediscovery of an Indian cuckoo bee species

A specimen of a cuckoo bee  lay in a museum in Austria for decades before Dr Petr Bugosch took a look at it and described it as a new species, Epeolus ladakhensis. 

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive

Arunachal Pradesh a treasure trove of bumblebees, finds study

Bengaluru | Aug 27, 2019
Arunachal Pradesh a treasure trove of bumblebees, finds study

A first-of-its-kind study details diversity and distribution of bumblebees in the Eastern Himalayas. 

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive, News

Taxonomic revision of Agamid lizards reveals two new species in the Western Ghats

Bengaluru | Sep 25, 2018
Photo by: Monilesaurus montanus and Monilesaurus acanthocephalus by Saunak Pal; Microauris aurantolabium by S. P. Vijayakumar

Researchers from the IISc, Bengaluru, BNHS, Mumbai, OSU, USA, and NHM, London, have discovered two new species of lizards in the Western Ghats.

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive

Friends without borders? Study explores why animals from different species hangout together

Bengaluru | Jun 18, 2018
Photo : Purabi Deshpande / Research Matters

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru study how and why animals from different species interact with each other. 

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive

Past climate changes helped diversification of lizards in India, fossils show

Bengaluru | Jan 18, 2018
Photos : Dr V. Deepak

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in a rare study combining biology and paleontology show how different climatic factors over evolutionary time have affected the evolution of fan throated lizards.

General, Science, Deep-dive
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