A squirrel’s common chatter, but it can make many calls
Squirrels belong to small-size or medium-size rodent family called Sciuridae family. In city parks often small-size ground and tree...
Birds' alarm signals on seeing an intruder
If one bird spots danger and raises vocal alarm signals, other species often flee. The parental alarm calls in shrill tits to warn their...
How do ants treat their 'fallen comrades': Necrophoresis behaviour
When an ant dies, its nest-mates assemble around it quickly dispose it off to eliminate the risk infection spreading to the colony, This...
Perching and hopping behaviour of small garden birds: A micro-video and a short note
Small garden birds have small feet with no feathers. Their anisodactyl feet three toes pointing forward and one toe backward. Their feet...
National Service Scheme Day observed in schools that opened up
National Service Scheme Day or NSS Day was observed in schools that partially opened as indicated with a poster and group photograph...
Indian koels: A short note and a micro-video
The Indian koels, eudynamys, are a genus of cuckoos that eat fruits and insects. It is an arboreal species. Indian Koel is a shy bird,...
Baby birds are given regurgitated food by the parent bird for their survival
Allofeeding and regurgitation are food sharing behaviour by breeding species of birds. Initially, baby birds are totally dependent on...
Towards use of micro-videos for on-line teaching
Micro videos are short video clips of 6-20 second duration video-clips which can be used for classroom instruction, social media...
Stick drawing with geometric shapes enlivens classroom instruction and enhances visual intelligence
Simple drawings with stick-hands and stick-legs attached to bodies made of regular geometric shapes can come handy to classroom...
How do birds drink water: A short note with a video
Birds, commonly, drink water by filling their bill with it then tilt their head back to make water slide down into their digestive tract...
Google honours Indian swimmer Arati Saha's 80th Birthday with a doodle
Internet search engine and information technology giant Google celebrates the 80th birthday of 'trailblazing Indian swimmer Arati Saha'...
Is Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill -2020 a death blow to NGOs in India!
Parliament has passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill -2020 despite objections from opposition parties in the House....
Know salient facts about doves: Short note and video
Doves belong to the same family of birds (Columbidae) like pigeons and make melodious 'coo-cooing' sounds (watch inst video). They make...
Remembering national poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar - कवि दिनकर जयंती : यादगार पंक्तियाँ
It is the birth anniversary of Ramdhari Singh (23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974) today. He has been a noted Hindi poet, essayist,...
Learn to create GIF from am image with its flipped image: Tips for a beginner
These days, I am trying to enhance my visual intelligence. With the editing and GIF option available on my mobile camera. I tried my hand...
Learn to create GIF from a single image in vertical frame: Tips for a beginner
These days, I am trying to enhance my visual intelligence. With the GIF option available on my mobile camera. I tried my hand in learning...
Line drawing of Rangoli and its relation to brain education: Short note and recorded self-learning
The visual system of brain has the potential of processing line-drawings when subjected to conscious experience step wise. Successive...
Great Hornbill: State bird of Arunachal Pradesh
The content given herein, can be used for integrate and contextual language learning at early education stage. Here is a short poem I am...
How do ants collect food and trace their way back to their nest!
An ant communicates using a chemical scent called pheromones. When a worker ant leaves her nest to search for food, it leave behind a...
















