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LS Shashidhara, brilliant geneticist and NCBS director, puts science next to social welfare
Shashidhara wants to focus on applied and translational research in collaboration with multiple institutes to ensure a tangible outcome of immediate utility.
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Minimising human disturbance crucial to protect bears outside wildlife reserves: study
A new study has found that maintaining forest cover and preventing fragmentation of habitats while minimising human disturbance is crucial for long-term conservation of bears outside protected wildlife reserves across India.
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Tracing evolution in Western Ghat's butterflies
ooks are deceptive. This age-old adage comes true in some butterfly colonies where the winged insects have acquired bright colours and attractive wing patterns over millions of years to fool their predators.
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This ecologist uses fake flowers to study India’s insects
Shannon Olsson examines the behaviour of insect pollinators to understand their reaction to a changing climate.
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How a Farmers’ Pest Is Making Scientists Rethink the Speed of Evolution
ver millennia, farming has transformed landscapes and ecosystems. As we transported plants across the oceans, we also unwittingly enabled the flourishing and evolution of other species.
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Study shows butterflies bedazzle predators and escape
The investigated the butterfly mimetic communities of the Western Ghats over five years
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Wildbuzz | Nawab of the blue throne
I switched off the ceiling fan, in case the Nawab decided to fly high in a fit of pique. But the Nawab remained glued to his blue throne.
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New sex-sorting tech to multiply milch animal count
Indigenous tech to be available to farmers at a fraction of import costs
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Watch: Black tiger cub roams with its mother in the wild
The video shows a little black tiger cub accompanied by its mother moving in the forest seemingly at night.