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Why some birds decorate their nests with snake skin, and scientists say it actually works as a defense toolBirds are using snake skins in their nests. This unusual practice helps protect eggs and chicks from predators. Studies show this strategy ...
Why Some Animals Live Alone While Others Form Complex Societies: The Genetic FactorRecent studies reveal that changes in gene regulation, not just gene sequences, are crucial for the evolution of animal social behavior. Co...
Meet Kitagawa, Robson & Yaghi - trio that bagged Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal–organic frameworksSusumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOF...
- Shape of bird egg related to flight ability
New York, June 23 (IANS) In what could perhaps crack the long-term mystery behind the astonishing variety of bird egg shapes, an internatio...
Indian grey hornbills make nests early this yearIndian grey hornbills, the birds that nest in cervices of trees have shown a remarkable change in their nesting behavior in the city. This ...
House sparrows flying away from citiesLoss of nesting sites and absence of food, particularly insects, are leading to fast reduction in the number of house sparrows (passer dome...
Colour-banding may help save forest owletsAs many as 25 pairs of the critically endangered forest owlet , which is endemic to India, will be colour-banded to study their distributio...
- Sunjoy Monga talks about the changing sparrow habitat
On World Sparrow Day (March 20) TOI spoke to naturalist, writer and photographer, Sunjoy Monga about the changing sparrow habitat and the d...