Butterflyfish change their behaviour to adapt to coral death caused by climate change

A team of evolutionary biologists from city-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) have been awarded the 2018 Presidential Award from the American Society of Naturalists (ASN). This is the first time researchers in Asia have been presented with the award. The award is given to an outstanding research article published in the society’s journal, The American Naturalist.

1,500-sq-ft archives space to open up at old lab of Prof Obaid Siddiqi at the NCBS

This is the first major and systematic research study of mechanisms of mental health disorders in India, scientists involved in the project claim.

“As you understand the fundamentals of brain function, you can better recognise signs of dysfunction.

Researchers, including Kiran Marathe from NCBS, identify five species of cicada insects from Aarey Milk Colony, Mumbai

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), in its recently-published assessment report, has concluded that land degradation has reached the point where it has become a major contributor to mass human migration and increased conflict.

On Monday 26th March 2018, one of the most illustrious biologists in India, K VijayRaghavan was appointed Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India.

Super smell strength of solitary bees

A new species of non-venomous aquatic snake- Aquatic Rhabdops dicovered in Western Ghats