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More fun than fun series by Prof Raghavendra GadagkarProf. Gadagkar in his 'More fun than fun' series writes for The Wire about why so many different groups of animals have bright conspicuous colours. He eloquently explains about the evolutionary reasons for having bright colours and quite extensively covers our work on uropeltid colourations. Read more.
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Decoding secrets of Monsoons Past in Fossils and Genes by Dr. RamaswamyDr. Ramaswamy in this beautifully written piece talks about how we can find clues about India's past climate by looking at fossil records and by uncovering the secrets hidden in the genes of different animal groups. He also talks about how India's monsoon has influenced the diversification of many groups including uropeltid snakes. Read more.
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The Shieldtail Mapping Project is a citizen science initiative to popularize and collect vital distribution and natural history information on these elusive fossorial snakes. Through our efforts, there is wider appreciation for Shieldtail Snakes, and we have been covered by several local and national magazines. The article on the left is a beautifully written piece in The Kodai Chronicle and the one on the right is a piece written by Peeyush Sekhsaria in RoundGlass Sustain about shieldtail snakes and how the Shieldtail Mapping Project is getting citizens involved in data collection and scientific research.