Changes in pattern of water releases from dams can help restore aquatic diversity

A new study shows how dams can be strategically operated to restore lost ecological functions  

Making love in the time of radioactivity

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster has not only affected human beings, but has even drastically changed the lives of worms. Scientists have recently …

In Short

Aerial raid on mosquitoes

First Indian study on species discovery pattern

Punjab takes precautions for mealy bug attack

Definitive

Study links GM crops with ecological imbalance

Global warming will favour temperate insects

Bollworm ignores high doses of insecticide

Promote insect-eating to benefit indigenous peoples

Ethnic communities are traditional custodians of entomophagy. They must not be sidelined as policymakers and industry ready plans to promote …

Causing a flutter

The safety of genetically-engineered crops comes under a cloud after the deaths of the monarch butterflies in the US

BYTES

Punjab crop loss spurs debate on pesticide use

Pastures gone

Web unravels

Spiders can tell us about the health of the environment

Cease peace

Beauty with a purpose

Back biting is locusts' natural behaviour

Light pollution spreads diseases

It is difficult to comprehend modern life sans nighttime light. But the amenity comes at a price. Bruno A S De Medeiros and Alessandro Barghini …

Scientists find out what imparts sparkle to fish scales and insect wings

Discovery of ‘universal explanation’ for iridescence in natural world could help humans develop super-reflective surfaces

Foes forever

Battle lines between the insects and flowers date back to nearly 100 million years

Subduing the killer

Insects at stake

Rare insects in the US now qualify for legal protection

What's ticking?

Of plants and bees

Depleting honeybees threaten biodiversity