Please join us next Sunday, 14 Nov, 6-7:30 pm IST, for the screening of a Khasi-English film on community-based conservation of gibbons in NE India, followed by a panel discussion. Register at tinyurl.com/4wz7rck6 or by using the QR code in the poster. IUCN Gibbon SSA

To bring nature to the doorsteps of everyone, PTR has started a social media cell. We will post daily nature videos from PTR to connect with Nature lovers. If any of our guests like to share their pictures/videos of PTR , share your content to : [email protected]

Research Fellow: Supply chain emissions accounting (Trase) sei.org/people/jobs/re… via SEI Research

Extremely honoured to have won the AAAS Kavli Gold award for “Science reporting - Small Outlet” - for my story “Succession” on Fifty Two. Thank you AAAS Kavli Awards for this recognition!

I would like to share my thoughts on some existing barriers and gaps in academia. #diversity #equity #inclusion #AcademicPublishing authors.elsevier.com/a/1e3%7E0cZ3Wq…

Our December seafood recommendations for the Indian west coast are here! Pinch and zoom to read the names, and visit our website knowyourfish.org.in for more info.

Ta-da!... the last of our shortlists is out! A must include in your family's TBR - this delightfully diverse list of best kidlit on environment published in India (2019 & 2020). Incredible animal stories, real-life green superheroes & environmental history - it's all there(1/2)

Happy to share our article from my Master's dissertation research where I worked on understanding the state of floodplain grasslands and associated ungulates of the Terai. Below is the link to our paper. National Centre for Biological Sciences MSc Wildlife Mahesh Sankaran …lpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jz…

In 2020, the amount of human-made mass exceeded the weight of all global living biomass. Explore this infographic breaking down the composition of all human-made materials and the rate of their production. Credit: mark belan | science illustrator + info designer 🎨

I’ve just finished my book Regenesis*: feeding the world without devouring the planet. I followed some astonishing people, read over 5000 papers, and questioned everything I believed to be true. The results, I think, are revolutionary. Published by Penguin Books UK in May. Thread/

Thank you for the support from all around the world 🌍 #SpotifyWrapped #podcast #podcasting

The challenge and exasperation of parsing government data on forest cover, in one graph. Over the same period, the FSI reported a sharp 6 million hectare ‘increase’ in India’s forest cover (red line), while a 2015 NRSC-led study (green line) reported a gradual decline.

We invite applications for PhD fellowships for a project that seeks to understand changing nature-culture relations in Arunachal. These are open only to scholars from Arunachal. If you know someone who might be interested in applying, please share! ncf-india.org/eastern-himala…

The savannahs around Baramati in Maharashtra are truly magical. Amazing diversity of grassland fauna. None of this is formally protected. Small RFs with exotic species dot the landscape, but they need to be restored to native grasslands #UNDecadeofRestoration Aaditya Thackeray

Our cities are designed for men, by men. Listen to women from Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi in our new piece on gender, urban design and nature in the city - in Third Eye, w/ Amrita Sen - and thanks to @chasingiamb for the invitation! thethirdeyeportal.in/structure/our-… Azim Premji University

1/3 - Arundhati Das & Jayashree Ratnam's paper in the special issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B looks at how #frost & freezing temperatures influence the #taxonomic & #phylogenetic structure of #shola tree metacommunity in the #WesternGhats. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

2/3 - The 'Despite COVID' special issue of Proceedings of Royal Society B showcases research in #evolutionary #biology done by #academic #mothers & #caregivers, whose work has been impacted by the #pandemic. More power to all the authors in this issue & to their support systems!

3/3 - Here is what Arundhati Das (Department of Biotechnology RA fellow working with the MSc Wildlife programme and Uma Ramakrishnan at #NCBS) has to say about her experience:

#InfosysPrize2023 in Physical Sciences is awarded to Mukund Thattai, National Centre for Biological Sciences, in recognition of his groundbreaking contributions to evolutionary cell biology.

"It's a privilege to be able to do curiosity driven research." - @thattai, Infosys Prize 2023 laureate in Physical Sciences. National Centre for Biological Sciences