The Dog Lab

Just published in Ethology. The third publication of the year. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eth.70081
Congratulations Srijaya Nandi and team!

Food, Affection and Gaze: Which Cues Do Free‐Ranging Dogs Prioritise for Engaging With Humans? Free-ranging dogs interact with humans regularly on the streets, depending on them for food and forming social bonds. We conducted an experiment to understand the hierarchy of human cues, if any, as ...

They are called "strays", but please remember, they are not. They are free-ranging dogs, who belong around us, among us. They are our friends for life, and sometimes they become superheroes.

Meet Kali: The guardian stray dog who died battling a venomous cobra to protect over 30 kindergarten children | - The Times of India Trending News: Stray dogs in India are often viewed with fear and suspicion. In recent years, reports of dog attacks have risen in cities and villages. PIB reports s.

Here is the second publication of the year from our lab. Congratulations Tuhin and team! Here we compare the lemon avoidance abilities of adult and juvenile FRDs.

Lemons and learning: Juvenile free‐ranging dogs are more persistent but less selective foragers than adults Free-ranging dogs in India are scavengers, dependent primarily on human-generated waste for food. They are efficient scavengers, navigating a noisy environment to find and consume their preferred foo...

We are planning to launch a on for dog people. The sessions will be online, but an optional hands-on weekend component is also available, based on interest. Can we see a show of hands to judge the feasibility of the course?

Congratulations to Tuhin Subhra Pal for receiving the ABS student research grant!

The Neo Science Hub magazine has published an article on Anindita's perspectives on , at the panel.

“Dogs are interacting with humans, but they are not pets” - Neo Science Hub Dr Anindita Bhadra is a behavioural ecologist and Professor at IISER Kolkata, where she founded India’s first “dog lab” dedicated to studying free‑ranging

The first publication on the year is here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-026-02046-4 Congratulations Srijaya and team!

Treats or affection? Understanding reward preferences in Indian free-ranging dogs - Animal Cognition Free-ranging dogs (FRDs) constitute approximately 80% of the global dog population. They are freely breeding and live without direct human supervision, mak

Students at the Dog Lab pursue multiple interests of their own. Tuhin has been collaborating with a team of doctors to use his knowledge of statistics to help them with their data analysis. It's good to see this publication from this collaboration. Congratulations Tuhin!

Multiple myeloma in adolescents and young adults(AYA): global epidemiological trends, risk factors, and future projections (1990–2040) - Cancer Causes & Control Introduction Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy with increasing incidence among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) aged 15 to 39 years. This trend presents unique challenges related to long-term treatment effects, fertility, and late-onset complications. Risk factors include obesit...

The fate of street dogs hangs in the balance of justice in India right now. It was good to see this coverage of our soon-to-be-published work led by Srijaya Nandi in today's bangla daily

খাবার খাই, আদরও চাই, কোন ভালোবাসায় মজছে পথকুকুররা? জানাচ্ছে IISER-এর গবেষণায় এই সময়: পথকুকুরদের (stray dogs) নিয়ে সম্প্রতি সুপ্রিম কোর্ট ও একাধিক হাইকোর্টে মামলা এবং তার সূত্রে কড়া পর্যবেক্ষণ উঠে ...

Congratulations Tuhin and team for the acceptance of your manuscript in the Journal of Zoology!