You may have seen the recent National Geographic cover story on India’s wildlife -- the first time a story from the forests of India, written and photographed by an Indian, has been featured on the magazine’s cover!

Four graduate students from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, won the Best Poster Award at the 9th Asia Chromatin Meet, held from 9-11 October at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune.

1. Nija George (Dr Sabarinathan Radhakrishnan's lab)

2. Surya Sarathi Das (Dr Sabarinathan Radhakrishnan's lab)

Dr Mousumi Baruah, post-doctoral researcher from Dr Pratik Kumar's lab at the National Centre for Biological Sciences(NCBS), Bengaluru, had been awarded the National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India

When Project Tiger was launched in 1973, efforts to carve out safe havens for tigers took on a new urgency.

Sikkim Express: Nosang explores collaboration with NCBS Bengaluru for Sikkim’s butterfly experts

A walk through a forest can be a bewildering experience. The whole forest appears to be running wild with insects of varied colours, hues and behaviours. Many of these traits appear to be deployed in defense against visually-hunting predators such as birds and lizards. Evolutionary biologists have long puzzled over the factors that determine when animals evolve to deter predators either through striking visual displays or by hiding in plain sight (i.e., camouflage).

Researchers find environmental factors such as calcium, pH ccan dictate which turn cancer takes

The Murty Trust annual public talk was hosted by the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, at Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall. This year’s invited speaker, Dr. Manu Prakash, Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University, is internationally recognised for his pioneering work in “frugal science” — developing low-cost scientific tools that democratise scientific discovery.