A new study has found that mixed agriculture-forest landscapes near protected areas can also be used to promote conservation of bird biodiversity. The study was conducted by Biang La Nam Syiem, a student of the postgraduate programme in wildlife biology and conservation, jointly conducted by the National Centre for Biological Sciences and Wildlife Conservation Society India Programme. Syiem, along with Dr. Divya Vasudev and Dr. Varun R. Goswami of WCS, has published a report on the study in journal PLOS ONE.

The paper, titled "In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings: Woodlands in an agricultural matrix maintain functionality of a wintering bird community", explores the potential of an agricultural landscape in Meghalaya to support a wintering bird community.

A team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (NCBS), Fergusson College, Pune, and Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, have described two new species of geckos and cleared a taxonomic mix-up that lasted for over 200 years.

What makes one rat species a pest that is difficult to eradicate and the other a forgotten endemic species vulnerable to extinction?

Prabahan Chakraborty is a PhD student at the 

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Chemical ecologist Shannon Olsson and neuroscientist Karin Nordström employ 3-D printing and virtual reality to answer pressing questions about pollinators

On World Scleroderma Day, Dr. Colin Jamora's work on Fibrosis and Scleroderma-like illness was highlighted in Italian press

For long, it has been a point of debate whether insects have an immune-memory

Much like humans, insects too develop an immune-memory in response to infection, a team at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru has found.

In a series of initiatives, The Bangalore Life Science Cluster takes science out of the confines of university to the public.