A timely piece about the need for a natural history museum in India - what I like to call the ‘time-capsule for biodiversity education & research’! Huge potential & little action, but it’s never too late. nature.com/articles/d4415…

Two positions in the TrEE Lab Looking for students who are interested in genomic work & have basic training in handling genomic data. If you have a penchant for coding, writing scripts, & an interest in solving population genetic patterns in plants, apply! April 15th deadline.

Mosquitoes drink nectar (not just blood), but do they prefer certain plants? A new research review shows mosquitoes do indeed have nectar preferences. 🔗 The Sweetest Snack: Research Details Mosquitoes' Nectar Preferences entomologytoday.org/2025/04/04/mos…

🚨 PhD in Ecology 🚨 We’re looking for up to 2 PhD students to join our lab! If you’re curious about behavioural ecology & species interactions, this is for you! 📅 Deadline: 12 May '25 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/23ubx89z 🌐 More info: torsekar.in #PhDposition #Ecology

I'm so excited to announce that we are hosting a *funded* workshop on Integrative Ecology in the Global South near Kaziranga in March 2026! Early career researchers working in the Global South, apply to attend! biologists.com/workshops/glob…

Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment. newscientist.com/article/248265…

Obviously using chatbots makes you more dumb, everyone is skipping over the funniest part: the study authors are such dedicated LLM haters they set up traps to expose AI users lol

🎯 Looking to embark on a #SciComm career in India, but don't know where (or how) to start? 💡 I get asked about this all the time, so I finally wrote a consolidated guide for anyone to access! #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #India #Careers 🔗 linkedin.com/pulse/beginner…

The first Chapter of my PhD thesis supervised by Jahnavi Joshi is finally out in Ecology Letters. Here's the link to the article - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

Announcing a new ISEB initiative: The D. D. Joshi Best Thesis Award. home.evolutionindia.org/awards Students in the broad area of evolution who defended their thesis during calendar year 2024 are eligible to apply for the first award to be given later this year (for details: link) 1/4

Glad to announce the 6th Annual conference of EvolutionIndia to be hosted at IISER Berhampur later this year. Abstract submission starts today. More details to follow. Spread the word #iiseb6 #EvolutionIndia

Our false head work is out! By analysing ~1000 butterflies, we found many traits at posterior end of hindwings evolved correlatedly, likely forming a trait complex w/adaptive function to dupe predators into thinking these traits together are actual head!! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Delighted to share the outcome of a 10y long project – published today in Science Magazine ! This study unveils how multipartner symbioses between aggressive insect partners can be stable. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

We invite applications for the newly created IISc Post-Doctoral Fellowships (IPDF) from motivated individuals with an established record of high-quality research. For more details, please visit: iisc.ac.in/careers/post-d…

Fun to see our paper 'Seed dispersal by kleptoparasitic flies' out in Current Biology We provide the first demonstration of flies playing an important seed dispersal role -- and this might be widespread in South East Asia and Africa authors.elsevier.com/c/1lTQt3QW8SA3…

Thrilled to announce the launch of a new undergraduate minor in Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour (EEB) at GITAM Deemed University (Vizag)! Admissions are still open for 2025-26: apply.gitam.edu For more details check torsekar.in/ecology-evolut… Please help us spread the word!

🌺Flowering plants engage in protection, via extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and pollination mutualisms. Although protective ants can repel pollinators, ants have a low impact on pollination, but it depends on EFN location and type of flower visitor.🐜 👉buff.ly/3AKHfqu

Understanding mass flowering/flowering synchrony on a laterite plateau from the Western Ghats. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bt… With Saket Shrotri🌱🏵🐝 Sukhraj Kaur Rahul Dhargalkar 🍀 & #najla 3 master's students & countless years! It's great to see it in Biotropica ATBC IISER Bhopal