In a new study, researchers from the National Center for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, and SASTRA University, have studied what trade-offs drive movement of butterflies.

^{A group of enthusiastic birders take part in the survey for Kerala Bird Atlas. [Image credits: Kerala Bird Atlas]}

Over a thousand birdwatchers, working for over five years, complete Kerala’s first Bird Atlas.

^{A woman cooking food using improved cookstoves [Image credits: Udaipur Urja Initiatives]}

^{A Hoolock Gibbon from Meghalaya [Image Credits: Programme HURO / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]}

The specimen, which is millions of years older than any previously known fossil, highlights their migration from Africa to Asia.

^{A pair of Crested treeswift with its egg [Image credits: Aditya Pal / CC BY-SA 4.0]}

Mathematical models show that males should be selected to care more for their offspring rather than desert them.

^{Some cryptic species of frogs in the Western Ghats (Left Top: Indirana semipalamata (Image credits: Saunak Pal), Left-Bottom: Indirana beddomii (Image Credits: Saunak Pal), Right-Top:}

^{Drought-stricken farmland in Karnataka [Image Credits: Pushkarv / CC BY-SA 3.0)}

With climate change occurring at an alarming speed, study finds that temperatures across many parts of the globe, including South Asia, could reach the breaking point by 2050.

In a series of studies, researchers have investigated how the Hemidactylus geckos, or leaf-toed geckos, evolved during the two periods of climate change.

Studies have found that dogs tend to be friendlier in areas with frequent human activity. But what about their interaction with individuals of their kind in these areas? Do humans play a role here? A recent study from the Dog Lab IISER Kolkata has delved into the social interactions of dogs amongst themselves and with humans. 

In a recent study, researchers describe this new species of diatoms from the Mawsmai caves in Meghalaya.