It's a snail eat snail kind of world!
Something very sinister was happening on the shores of Odisha! A snail was caught attacking its own family!
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Six-legged mermaids
Find out how several species of aquatic beetles live together in a single pond.
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What’s so fatal about being a silent female katydid?
Researchers studied bat predation of katydids to know if signalling males are more prone to predators than non-signalling females
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Ever seen beating hearts of honeybees!?
Researchers from Bangalore studied the effect of varying levels of pollution on Giant honey bees.The study threw up some shocking results!
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Black monkey under threat, or is it just stress?
"For my master’s dissertation, I studied the behaviour and ecology of Nilgiri langurs of the Southern western ghats, Tamil Nadu, India"
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Why is it important to study the natural world scientifically?
Not all of us need to become scientists to contribute to science. Every observation of a bird, butterfly or a moth you make is invaluable.
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Hanuman langur is now four different species!
Taxonomy of Hanuman langurs has puzzled researchers for a very long time. This study resolves the identity crisis of Hanuman langurs!
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Why do male Peninsular rock lizards change colour?!
Male peninsular rock lizards change colour to convey information to other individuals. But why is it important to 'change' colour?!
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Fan throated lizards: why have so many colours!?
Males of fan throated lizards develop beautiful blue, black and orange colours just before the breeding season. We know that these...
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Tweeting in different dialects
What can happen to bird songs if populations of same bird species stop interacting with each other?
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Battle of the beaks: Evidence of natural selection in action
Competition is a strong driving force in nature. We all are, undoubtedly well acquainted with the idea of competition. We have...
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Many Ways to Show-Off
Males communicate using various body movements and by changing body colour within seconds! But why have so many different signals?
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Migration, genes and blackcap birds!
Hybrids of blackcap birds flying in opposite directions take the intermediate direction of migration!
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