Pushkar Wagh
@pushkar1701.bsky.social
Interested in sensory & thermal ecology, structural colours, biomechanics and more :P | Copious drinker of chai | 🐸🦋🌡️| ⚽
Current - Research Fellow @ STRI Panama studying tropical butterflies
Current - Research Fellow @ STRI Panama studying tropical butterflies
Frogs and the city!
In a recent study, led by the amazing K. S. Seshadri, we looked at the anuran species composition across the heavily urbanized city of Bengaluru in India.
Our results suggest that the anuran assemblages in Bengaluru appear to be resilient to urbanization (at least for now!)
In a recent study, led by the amazing K. S. Seshadri, we looked at the anuran species composition across the heavily urbanized city of Bengaluru in India.
Our results suggest that the anuran assemblages in Bengaluru appear to be resilient to urbanization (at least for now!)
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Frogs and the city!
In a recent study, led by the amazing K. S. Seshadri, we looked at the anuran species composition across the heavily urbanized city of Bengaluru in India.
Our results suggest that the anuran assemblages in Bengaluru appear to be resilient to urbanization (at least for now!)
In a recent study, led by the amazing K. S. Seshadri, we looked at the anuran species composition across the heavily urbanized city of Bengaluru in India.
Our results suggest that the anuran assemblages in Bengaluru appear to be resilient to urbanization (at least for now!)
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"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
He Studied Why Some Female Birds Look Like Males
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"The project that was terminated was on this hummingbird, the white-necked jacobin....I suspect that it has something to do with studying a species that doesn’t fit the binary." Researcher @jjinsing.bsky.social interviewed by @carlzimmer.com #birds #nature #science #fundscience #nonbinary 🧪
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How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals? We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs. Light and noise interact in complex ways, and light pollution shifts selection on male calling:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
Noise pollution and artificial light at night alter selection pressures on sexual signals in an urban adapter
Abstract. Human-induced environmental changes can have major impacts on how individuals communicate. Species using sexual signals may experience especially
doi.org
October 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
How do light and noise pollution impact selection on sexual signals? We tested mate attraction and bat predation on túngara frogs. Light and noise interact in complex ways, and light pollution shifts selection on male calling:
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
doi.org/10.1093/jeb/...
@andrewdcronin.bsky.social et al.
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"As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours"
With amazing photos by @rgarciaroa.bsky.social, as always, also part of the research team.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With amazing photos by @rgarciaroa.bsky.social, as always, also part of the research team.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours
The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"As forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours"
With amazing photos by @rgarciaroa.bsky.social, as always, also part of the research team.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With amazing photos by @rgarciaroa.bsky.social, as always, also part of the research team.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Researchers in Science report a globally replicated experiment that uncovers which factors explain the relative success of warning coloration and camouflage as antipredator color strategies.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4mBCl6i
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4mBCl6i
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Researchers in Science report a globally replicated experiment that uncovers which factors explain the relative success of warning coloration and camouflage as antipredator color strategies.
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4mBCl6i
Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/4mBCl6i
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A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
‘Almost unimaginable’: these ants are different species but share a mother
Ant queens of one species clone ants of another to create hybrid workers that do their bidding.
go.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
go.nature.com/4mOb5T9
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"In our study, we find that urbanization speeds up tadpole development and increased behavioral plasticity. However, exposure to urban conditions also decreased tadpole size, which may cause adult frogs to become smaller and less attractive for mates"
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FxGf8KD
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FxGf8KD
July 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"In our study, we find that urbanization speeds up tadpole development and increased behavioral plasticity. However, exposure to urban conditions also decreased tadpole size, which may cause adult frogs to become smaller and less attractive for mates"
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FxGf8KD
Read the full paper here: buff.ly/FxGf8KD
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In her Perspective, Emilie Snell-Rood discusses the value of basic science, using the Morpho butterfly as an example of how this type of research has driven later innovation & highlights the value of government and institutional support for basic research
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
June 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In her Perspective, Emilie Snell-Rood discusses the value of basic science, using the Morpho butterfly as an example of how this type of research has driven later innovation & highlights the value of government and institutional support for basic research
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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New #RSOS paper investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp #moth. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @hannahmrowland.bsky.social @amatageorgeii.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
New #RSOS paper investigating chemical defences and visual signals in a wasp #moth. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @hannahmrowland.bsky.social @amatageorgeii.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @jmappes.bsky.social