Human disturbances stress Indian tigers, may reduce fertility
CCMB researchers in collaboration with a Russian team have found that Bengal tigers in three India tiger reserves are 20% more stressed. The stress is caused due to higher anthropogenic…
Category: Ecology
Podcast: How species can turn invasive in the same ecosystem
Fruit flies selected for dispersal evolved traits — increased aggression, exploration and activity — which together is more likely to make them more invasive, IISER Pune researchers have found. In response…
IISER Pune find species can turn invasive in the same ecosystem
IISER researchers have been able to show that fruit flies selected for dispersal for as long as 69 generations have evolved traits — increased aggression, exploration and activity — which together is…
Himender Bharti gets honoured, has an ant species named after him
A new ant species discovered from the southern foothills of Pir Panjal Himalayas in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir is named after Dr. Himender Bharti from Punjabi University, Patiala. He has…
Egyptian vultures wintering in India undergo a change in drug-resistance pattern
Researchers found a significant change in the pattern of drug resistance in E. coli seen in Egyptian vultures that come to India for wintering. They were resistant to certain antibiotics…
IISc researchers witness division of labour emerge in social insects
IISc researchers have been able to witness the minimum conditions required for the emergence of cooperation and division of labour in Indian paper wasps. The reproductive division of labour determines who…
