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The Dog Lab We are involved in research of free-ranging dogs. We probe into the private lives of dogs on streets

Our team was kept busy at the IISER Kolkata open day today.
10/07/2026

Our team was kept busy at the IISER Kolkata open day today.

A new collaborative publication from the lab is here:
09/07/2026

A new collaborative publication from the lab is here:

Canine science aims to understand dogs as a species uniquely adapted to live alongside humans. Research has increased exponentially but struggles with represent...

Visit our stall at IISER Kolkata's tomorrow, 10th July. Engage with us to know about our work, to learn about the live...
09/07/2026

Visit our stall at IISER Kolkata's tomorrow, 10th July. Engage with us to know about our work, to learn about the lives of dogs on streets, participate in a quiz to earn some of these cute stickers!

Here's a new preprint based on work led by Srijaya Nandi:
03/07/2026

Here's a new preprint based on work led by Srijaya Nandi:

Sociability toward humans is a key adaptive trait in free-ranging dogs, enabling them to access resources while navigating risks associated with human interactions. In this study, we investigated whether operant conditioning shapes sociability in Indian free-ranging dogs and whether learned response...

Congratulations to the graduates this year! Dr. Rohan Sarkar, Dr. Sourabh Biswas , Richik and Siva! We wish all four cou...
23/06/2026

Congratulations to the graduates this year! Dr. Rohan Sarkar, Dr. Sourabh Biswas , Richik and Siva! We wish all four could have been here in person.

Welcome to the lab, summer interns! The Dog Lab turned 17 this June, and incidentally, we have 17 in person summer inter...
20/06/2026

Welcome to the lab, summer interns! The Dog Lab turned 17 this June, and incidentally, we have 17 in person summer interns/ volunteers this year. There are several more working long distance.

Anindita Bhadra's talk at the ICAM Conference 2026 is now available online:
15/06/2026

Anindita Bhadra's talk at the ICAM Conference 2026 is now available online:

Professor Anindita Bhadra | Behaviour and Ecology Lab, Indian Insti...

The first non-dog paper from the lab is here as a preprint. Dishari Dasgupta has been working on understanding the dynam...
12/06/2026

The first non-dog paper from the lab is here as a preprint. Dishari Dasgupta has been working on understanding the dynamics between free-ranging langurs and dogs in the urban habitat.

Intentional communication has been studied extensively in primates, yet evidence from free-ranging non-ape species remains limited. Human-directed food-solicitation gestures in Hanuman langurs (Semnopithecus entellus) have recently been described, but whether these behaviours exhibit behavioural hal...

02/06/2026

The first ever paper acceptance in Animal Behaviour. Another target journal ticked off. Congratulations Sourabh and team! This is the third paper to be accepted this year.

They are called "strays", but please remember, they are not. They are free-ranging dogs, who belong around us, among us...
23/04/2026

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.

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.

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