Year: 2017

Mother playing with child, Jodhpur

In India, Better Access to Contraception Is Key to Reducing Maternal Deaths

Ulla Müller and Shumon Sengupta 11/04/2017

On National Safe Motherhood Day (April 11), a look...

Tigers live in perhaps the highest density in Kaziranga National Park of any place in India. In other national parks in India, tigers are in greater peril, but poachers here tend to target the Indian one-horned rhinos instead. Here, a young male emerges from the elephant grass. © Steve Winter

Interview: ‘No One Needs to See Another Portrait of an Animal, You Can Do That at the Zoo’

Janaki Lenin 10/04/2017

Steve Winter is a conservation photographer noted for his...

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Debunking Myths About Malaria and Its Vector, the Mosquito

Tabitha Mwangi 10/04/2017

There are lots of tall tales about mosquitoes and...

Egg brooding by a female Cochranella euknemos, Panama. Credit: Jesse Delia

Glassfrogs Pee on Their Eggs to Protect Them

Janaki Lenin 10/04/2017

The study also found that, apart from parental care...

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How Committed is the Government To Urban Development?

Bharat Dogra 10/04/2017

The government claims to have improved urban development, with...

Moo outta the way. Credit: BANITAtour/pixabay

Moo Outta the Way: Gujarat Researchers Build ‘Cow Avoidance’ System for Cars

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/04/2017

The researchers say their method to detect the presence...

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Why Combating Depression Involves Addressing Inequalities

Amba Salelkar 09/04/2017

While the prime minister's World Health Day speech was...