Pandemic BluesChimpanzees, Bonobos Became Lonely and Sedentary During the Lockdown, Shows Study The research paves way to understanding more about "the impact individual differences and animal environments have on animals’ experiences with visitors." By Saumya Kalia
Best Friends ForeverMale Dolphins Form Lifelong ‘Friends’ That Help Them Find Partners, Fight Competitors This "strategic alliance" behavior was never previously confirmed among animals. By Saumya Kalia
Race Against CrisisSea Turtles Born in Florida Are All Females Due to Severe Heatwaves, Say Scientists "...you're going to see a sharp decline in their population because we just don't have the genetic diversity," the researchers said. By Saumya Kalia
Violent PlantsDwindling Insect Population May Trigger ‘Plant Wars,’ Research Shows With a limited pool of pollinators to choose from, plant species may begin competing against each other to reproduce. By Amlan Sarkar
Luck By ChanceScientists Identify the World’s Largest Waterlily Species That Was Hiding in Plain Sight for 177 Years The discovery is "one of the botanical wonders of the world." By Saumya Kalia
Whistling LullabyWhales Can Learn Songs From Each Other in a ‘Cultural Exchange,’ Finds Study Researchers say it’s incredibly rare for this cultural transmission "to be documented on such a large scale in a non-human species." By Saumya Kalia
Fight Goes OnWe Ask an Activist What the Aarey Forest Decision Means for Other Citizen Movements “The fight to save Aarey and our other natural habitats will continue.” By Saumya Kalia
Lush Green Pillars of SupportForests Are Key to Combating India’s Climate Crisis. Here’s How Local Communities Are Regrowing Them. Landowning communities in vulnerable areas are adopting holistic, long-term models to reforest barren land and conserve water. By Jahnavi Jethmalani
EggceptionAn Egg ‘Inside’ Another Dinosaur Egg Was Found in Madhya Pradesh “[T]his could provide important insights into whether dinosaurs had reproductive biology similar to that of turtles and lizards, or crocodiles and birds.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Fishy DecisionBumblebees Are Now Classified As Fish in California A California court made this decision to grant bumblebees the same protection afforded to aquatic species. By Devrupa Rakshit
The Beauty MythReef Fishes Thought to Be ‘Ugly’ Are More Endangered Than ‘Pretty’ Ones, Finds Study “There is a need for us to make sure that our ‘natural’ aesthetic biases do not turn into a bias of conservation efforts," researchers said. By Saumya Kalia
Snapshots of LossResearchers Put Together the Largest Photo Database of Amazon’s Wildlife This will allow scientists to gain more information on climate change and the human-caused loss of animals in the largest rainforest in the world. By Saumya Kalia
Global WarningNew Research Explains How Climate Change Can Trigger Future Pandemics The findings show "how animal movements and interactions due to a warming climate might increase the number of viruses jumping between species." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Crisis ModeIVF Technology May Save Koalas From Extinction, Say Scientists “We can cryopreserve koala sperm, just like we do for humans.” By Saumya Kalia
Electric WhispersFungi May Speak in a Language Similar to Humans Fungi in a network may indicate their presence using electric signals that resemble human vocabularies, according to a new study. By Saumya Kalia
Life HistoryScientists Identify Common Traits Among Birds, Mammals Likely to go Extinct Life history traits of birds and mammals can help researchers identify those most at risk and bolster efforts to save them. By Saumya Kalia
New Way ForwardWhy Conservation Efforts Must Integrate Indigenous Perspectives “We can use science to translate ancestral wisdom into a modern context,” and highlight a way to address environmental justice issues. By Devrupa Rakshit
Race Against Extinction‘Voodoo’ Lily, ‘DiCaprio’ Tree Among 200+ Unknown Plant Species Identified by Scientists “[N]ow is our last chance to find unknown species, name them and hopefully protect them before they become globally extinct.” By Devrupa Rakshit