‘Bodies at Sea,’ a multi sensorial, experiential display explores parallels between the human anatomy and the ocean

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They are found only in Simlipal. A study finds out what gives them their darker stripe pattern— how this is the result of inbreeding within Simlipal’s small and isolated tiger population.

The survey was conducted during the big butterfly month held in September 2020.

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The sky islands of the Western Ghats have hitherto remained poorly studied, but now that is changing thanks to some remarkable work by V.V. Robin and his students and collaborators, including Uma Ramakrishnan at NCBS. 

A workshop organised on snow leopards included training from experts at IME, NDF, JU, WWF, NCF, and NCBS.

Prof. Olsson and a team of researchers have been studying the coffee white stem borer. Their aim is to study the insect and the way it approaches various plants and its response to plant volatiles so that a ecologically derived management strategy can be worked out. According to her, historically, it has been noted that the beetle attacks only arabica unless the area is heavily infested. However, recent studies by the team, published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, have shown that this is not because the beetle is more attracted to one variety than the other.

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Using computational models, an Indian research team has showed the amount of testing mattered more than the sensitivity of the tests used

The paper authored by Philip Cherian and Gautam Menon of Ashoka University and Sandeep Krishna of NCBS appeared in the journal PLoS Computational Biology on Thursday.