Sankaranarayanan

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

It's official! The State of India's Bats is now published and ready for you to peruse. Thanks to collaboration between @ncfindia, BCI, and countless scientists, this report provides the top initiatives to conserve India's 135 bat species.
https://t.co/DpgVo5ZUwC

[Aparna Lajmi @AparnaLajmi]

We're hiring a Project Assistant to study biogeography & diversification in ants! Fieldwork, lab work & data analysis involved.
Location: GITAM University, Visakhapatnam
Deadline: June 5
Details and application form: https://t.co/cVTpFmA8UT
#Evolution #ResearchJobs #Entomology

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

The bare-bellied hedgehog is endemic to the arid regions of the five states in south India, with the highest number of sightings reported from Tamil Nadu. @ArathimenonM reports.
https://t.co/w9dAK3Kl3v

[Mongabay India @MongabayIndia]

Hedgehogs can chomp down ~ 40 insects per hour - they are considered a farmer’s best friend.
Despite their spiky exterior, they can satiate the hunger of predators such as the Indian fox, jackal, and mongoose.
@brawinkumar @atree_org
✒️@ArathimenonM
https://t.co/w9dAK3Kl3v

[Sudarshan Shaw @Sudarshanshaw93]

A map artwork that illustrates the extent & value of India’s open natural ecosystems such grasslands, deserts, rocky outcrops & shrub lands that are otherwise considered wastelands. Through this, we hope to raise awareness & call for better policies to safeguard these. @atree_org

[Roundglass Sustain @RGSustain1]

All you need to know about these neglected ecosystems— #Grasslands

Text by: Nisarg Prakash
Design by: Diviya Mehra

#GrasslandsInIndia #Importance #Facts #Ecosystem #RoundglassSustain

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

Link to the paper: https://t.co/X5CR5ZqBxa

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

Delighted to share the publication of a short note on new distributional records of the rare Bare-bellied Hedgehog 🦔 from Tirunelveli’s grasslands!

Very happy to have @thoughtbrownie as a co-author on this!

#hedgehog #Tirunelveli #grassland

Link: https://t.co/EW8VMX2jTw…

[Department of Biotechnology @DBTIndia]

Applications are now open for MK Bhan #fellowship
Interested applicants may click here to apply: https://t.co/UXIcWrKq0R

Last date to apply is 16th March 2025

#Research #Grant

@DrJitendraSingh @rajesh_gokhale @BricDbt7510

[Plants People Planet 🌱👥🌐 @plantspplplanet]

Open letter to @unbiodiversity #COP16 policymakers with 137 signatories: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored.

@natashipilon, et al.: https://t.co/HehFpQ8JeX

@unep #nature #biodiversity

[Abi T Vanak @abi_vanak]

Bustards have always coexisted with traditional livelihoods such as grazing and rainfed agri, and indeed depended on them. Conserving grasslands is good for people, climate and biodiversity.

[Sumit Dookia @sumitdookia]

A few days back 12 together was in the news, now see 16 #GIB together in a single frame. Kudos to the efforts of habitat conservation by all stakeholders, we need such photos periodically and regularly.
Photo Aliyar Rojani
@ForestRajasthan
@orijeet @HabitatsTrust
@and_ecology

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

@PetrosAgrios96 @indianBIRDSJrnl Thank you!

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

My observation on the behaviour of the Pallid Harrier was recently published in @indianBIRDSJrnl. The note can be accessed here: https://t.co/fJoEoJPq4A

[Parveen Kaswan, IFS @ParveenKaswan]

Tax Deduction at Source.

[Baheerathan M @BaheerathanM]

".. Our results show that mountain dwelling species are proportionately more data deficient than species that predominantly occur in lowlands" says @paintedbat et al in the recently published study
👇🏽

https://t.co/tMXYa9uswh

[ATREE @atree_org]

Great news for Bengaluru's grasslands! After a decade-long effort by environmentalists Mahesh Bhat, Seshadri KS and Ramki Sreenivasan, the Hesaraghatta grasslands, spanning over 5,000 acres, have finally been declared a conservation reserve. This will help protect this vital ecosystem for future generations. Check out the article using the link in bio.
https://t.co/gzIBUpvN2D

#Bengaluru #Hesaraghatta #ConservationReserve #environment

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

A recent study found that the abundance of resident grasshoppers determines the stopover of Montagu's Harriers than by locust outbreaks.

Link: https://t.co/ap4mNG6jgu

@arjunpwn

#MontagusHarrier #stopover #migration #locustoutbreak #grasshopper

[ATREE @atree_org]

The Thar Desert in India, an important stopover area for migrating birds, is also prone to outbreaks of desert locusts, occurring unpredictably, often coinciding with their stopover time. We tracked nine tagged Montagu’s Harriers (Circus pygargus) for five years to determine if the duration of their stopover at the sites is influenced by the availability of the migratory locusts or other factors.

Read the paper authored by T. Ganesh, Arjun Kannan and Prashanth M.B

https://t.co/jQ2AopgFL2

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

Wrote a short article explaining @nranoop's study on how elephants and other mammals are helping Senna spectabilis spread in Wayanad.

@ccmagazineindia

#elephants #Wayanad #senna #invasivespecies #management https://t.co/TAjDBfMF5Q

[Sankaranarayanan @_RSankaran]

Wrote an article on the current status of open habitat birds in India with special reference to Tamil Nadu based on the @SoIB_India 2023 report.

@TamilTheHindu

#grasslandbirds #windmills #birdconservation
https://t.co/ksXTECik6v