Bengaluru’s Frogs Show Surprising Resilience to Urban Sprawl
A multi-institutional survey across Bengaluru recorded 11 frog species, suggesting unexpected adaptability to urban environments.
“Bihar’s Dolphin Mitras Are Real Crooks”: Saving Gangetic Dolphins Against Mosquito Nets
A 2017 survey reported a decline in the Gangetic dolphin population, highlighting serious conservation failures.
Frog Out of the Well
Urban planning laws must be updated to include biodiversity-sensitive water body design, says Seshadri K. S.
Bengaluru’s Water Woes: How to Deal With Poor Water Quality
The Times of India
Six butterfly species new to India discovered in Arunachal’s Siang Valley
India Today NE
India’s Migratory Harriers Are the Unlikely Architects of Grassland Biodiversity, Says New Study
Research Matters
Wildlife Week Celebrated, Focusing on Bird-watching
The Wildlife Week 2025 was celebrated at Seram village in East Siang district on Sunday, focusing on bird watching and plastic-free initiative. This year’s theme, ‘Human-Wildlife Coexistence’, emphasized a shift from the colonial-era protectionist approach to a more inclusive and community-led conservation effort that can support both biodiversity and local livelihoods.
Buffering Karnataka’s Waterbodies
SCIENCE India’s Invasive Species Present a Dilemma: Document or Conserve
Conservation scientists are sounding warning bells over “stealth invader” species that they say are destroying local biodiversity and changing land scapes. This has in turn posed a chickenand egg dilemma for researchers: should they wait to document the effects of all invasive alien species in India and then prepare a conservation plan or should they […]
Discovering New Species and Saving Existing Ones: An Interview with Sahanashree Ramakrishnaiah
Sahanashree Ramakrishnaiah, Junior Research Fellow at the Insect iosystematics and Conservation Lab, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), tells us about her work at ATREE, which focuses on the systematics, diversity, and conservation of ants
