Researchers studied how these highly arboreal (tree-dwelling) primates, who are under pressure from human activity, actually use the space around them.

Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, one of the architects of the modern Indian space program and a stalwart of Indian science, passed away on 24 April 2025 at the age of 84.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his tributes on X: "Two days ago, we lost the country’s great scientist, Dr. K. Kasturirangan ji. His contribution in lending newer heights to science, education, and India’s Space Program shall always be remembered. ISRO attained a new identity under his leadership."

Researchers have discovered two new species of dragonflies from the Western Ghat - Merogomphus aryanadensis from Kerala and Merogomphus flavoreductus from Maharashtra.

The first-of-a-kind study has used remote sensing data to quantify long-term soil losses across the entire Western Ghats region.

Diatoms — single-celled algae — can be indicators of the health of Karnataka’s rare Myristica swamps

Not more than two decades ago, I played with snails on rainy days and would see them crawling abundantly on plants. My friends and I would collect them in glass bottles, treating them as pets.

It appears that snails have almost vanished from our gardens. Lush green landscapes and trees have dwindled to become a few patches of green separated by tall buildings in between.

Researchers find a greater abundance but an altered epiphyte community in selectively logged forests

Sigur plateau in the Western Ghats may be ideal for a vulture-sanctuary, say researchers. 

^{The four species of newly-discovered tiger moths. Left to right: First row: O. suryamal rekhae,  O. suryamal. Second row: O. zedesi and O. ghatmatha [Image credits: Aparna Kalawate]}

Thus hath the candle sing'd the moth.
O, these deliberate fools! When they do choose,
They have the wisdom by their wit to lose.

^{(a) Shola reedtail (Protosticta sholai) [Image credits: K. A. Subramanian]; (b) blue-legged reedtail (Protosticta cyanofemora) [Image credits: Shantanu Joshi]; (c) Myristica reedtail (Protosticta myristicaensis) [Image credits: Shantanu Joshi]}