Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Bees in rural areas which signal food sources through their waggle dance, travel further for food than their counterparts in urban areas. The study was published in the Journal of Applied Ecology of the British Ecological Society. The recent study: Study participants analyzed 2827 waggle dances recorded […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Quest for creatures A team of wildlife researchers went on an expedition to Amazon forests. The study was carried out by NatureFirm, an eDNA company. It was headed by Kate Bruce who carried out the study for the charity World Wildlife Fund(WWF) The goal was to look for pink river […]
Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata Biodiversity is known as the collection of life on Earth at all levels. It covers everything, from genes to ecosystems. In short, biodiversity not only covers rare species but all life forms. Biodiversity is important to restore the balance on Earth. Biodiversity is also important as it provides us […]
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Australia has the highest recorded rate of species extinction in the world. During the European colonization in 1788, 34 terrestrial species were declared to be extinct. (i.e.) Since European colonization, native rodents have been the most severely tormented by these recent extinctions, contributing around 41% of Australian mammal […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Over the past 20 years or more, there has been a lot of damage done to the corals, due to the warming of seas which led to bleaching (a process where corals lose their algal partners that are required for their survival). Corals have also been attacked due to the […]
DEEPON CHAKRABORTY, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA Boreal bats, A resident of high latitudes of Southwestern Finland, Norway and North America, are generally insectivorous. As they are living in high altitudes, they face enormous fluctuations in seasonal food availability. So, they have to come up with this seasonal challenge, specifically, the chilling winter to survive. For that […]
