
Ethologist, ecologist, mother, teacher, in perpetual Zugunruhe. Lab handle: @lab_behavioural Mastodon handle: @manjari@ecoevo.social
IISER Mohali
Joined February 2019
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Manjari Jain retweeted
Why did babblers reduce territory ?
Started as intial observation during first two years of phd, culminating into what, when, how & why.
Here chapter 3 out in @BehavEcol
First publication is always special♥️
None possible without @minivets Thanks @lab_behavioural
New paper in @BehavEcol on #JungleBabblers
doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag1…
We show during breeding:
-JB territories reduce by ~80% NOT driven by resources
-JBs are #CentralPlaceForagers & #PrudentParents
-JBs deviate from predictions of social patch model
@Kanika_R94 #GharwaliChidiya ❤️
New paper in @BehavEcol on #JungleBabblers
doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag1…
We show during breeding:
-JB territories reduce by ~80% NOT driven by resources
-JBs are #CentralPlaceForagers & #PrudentParents
-JBs deviate from predictions of social patch model
@Kanika_R94 #GharwaliChidiya ❤️
Manjari Jain retweeted
Hot off the press! The Social Lives of Bats: From Roosting Rituals to Dinner Dates
pelagicpublishing.com/produc…
Manjari Jain retweeted
India’s Ramsar site tally reaches 103 🇮🇳🌿
India continues to strengthen its commitment to wetland conservation, with Sukhna Lake in Chandigarh and Sauj Jheel in Uttar Pradesh becoming the latest additions to the list of Ramsar Sites.
This milestone highlights the importance PM Shri @narendramodi ji’s government has been laying on wetlands in conserving biodiversity, enhancing water and climate security, and sustaining local livelihoods.
These additions reaffirm India’s ongoing efforts to conserve its rich wetland ecosystems and strengthen the ecological, climatic and livelihood benefits they provide. 🌏💧
I congratulate Uttar Pradesh and Chandigarh for this feat.
Dear travellers, do visit Sukhna and Sauj next time you have a couple days at hand.
#AmritDharohar
Happy birthday @lab_behavioural
#BEL is now a teenager.
🥳🎉
Grateful to all lab members past & present who contributed richly in their own unique way. And to all who supported and encouraged.
#13years
Manjari Jain retweeted
Eavesdropping on Malaysia’s dolphins: Interview with marine bioacoustician Saliza Bono news.mongabay.com/2026/10/ea…
Manjari Jain retweeted
Researcher who listens to forests wins 2026 Pritzker Environmental Genius Award news.mongabay.com/short-arti…
Manjari Jain retweeted
People with a 'good ear' for sounds make better language learners, study suggests phys.org/news/2026-10-people…
Manjari Jain retweeted
Meet the minivets, serving looks with some seriously creative wing patterns.
In this week’s Green Humor by Rohan Chakravarty
#BirdsOfIndia #StoryInFeathers #MinivetMagic #WingedTales #GreenHumor
Congratulations IQ on getting an equipment grant from @IDEAWILD
This grant will support his research in @lab_behavioural @IiserMohali on mapping #Kashmir #soundscapes and avian diversity.
Great start @Ibisbill_ on a #SoundwayOfLife 🐦⬛🎙️🎧👂🏽
Happy to announce that I have been awarded an equipment grant from @IDEAWILD to start my acoustic monitoring and mist netting work in J&K as part of @lab_behavioural with @minivets
#NewBeginings
Manjari Jain retweeted
Happy to announce that I have been awarded an equipment grant from @IDEAWILD to start my acoustic monitoring and mist netting work in J&K as part of @lab_behavioural with @minivets
#NewBeginings
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Manjari Jain retweeted
As they released the Great Indian Bustards into the wild in Rajasthan’s Sam, Desert National Park, saw Dr Sutirtha Dutta, Dr Tushna Karkariya, and Hrishika Sharma got all emotional.
One can only imagine how some dedicate their entire lives to selfless causes.
No words of praise are enough for them and the entire team that has made it possible.
#IndiaRewildsGIB
Manjari Jain retweeted
Looking forward to exciting conversations around biological clocks across the tree of life with clockwatchers young and young in spirit. Register soon to avail early bird registration rates. Do retweet @SRBR_Outreach @AshuCompBio @aakansha93 @DrGaurav007 @flygal_antara
Fieldwork is isolating & learning the local language is an essential tool to help integrate & understand the local context of work. Anaikatty taught me Tamizh, Kudremukh taught me Kanada. Punjab, Haryana, MP & other places we get by with Hindi... #NextIsWhat
#Language
#Fieldwork
Happy 20th birthday @IiserMohali
It is no longer a teenager :) 🥳🎉
Very proud that the founding members of IISERM nurtured an institute culture, policies & a way of doing science that is rooted in community, inclusive, thoughtful, forward looking & progressive.
#FoundationDay
Manjari Jain retweeted
Our new study suggests that bats originated in Europe around 65 million years ago and revises our understanding of how several major bat groups are related. Proud to be part of the international Bat1K team behind this work.
doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-1…





































