TS Suryanarayanan

Director, Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapeeth, Chennai

TS Suryanarayanan

Fungi emerged approximately a billion years ago and their survival over such an extended period highlights their evolutionary success and adaptable strategies.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Conservation strategies should not stop with tiger & whales

MB Govinda Rajulu

28 Jan 2025

5 min read

It is possible that the elephants couldn't detect the fungus in the crops because the chemical released by them, mycotoxins, are virtually odourless and tasteless.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Learnings from 1933, when 14 elephants died after consuming kodo millet in a Tamil Nadu forest

05 Nov 2024

4 min read