Time & Location
20 May 2026, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Quench Bar & Eatery, 4th, Astral Court - Building A, B Wing, Seasons Rd, above Axis Bank, opposite Gaikwad Petrol Pump, Marutirao Gaikwad Nagar, Aundh, Pune, Maharashtra 4
About the event
Mihir Joshi, IISc Bengaluru
I am a naturalist at heart. I do science so that I get to see breathtaking landscapes and observe wonderful animals therein. Outside science, I play tabla, cricket, and tennis.
About the talk: Ecology of food, fear, and sex in a rapidly changing world
Similar to humans, animals deal with difficult situations in three ways - evolve till its the new normal, move away to avoid the situation, or adjust. As humans change natural habitats at a rapid pace, animals are left with no time to evolve and no space to move. They must adjust. From urban neighborhoods, to rocky boulders and open deserts, let's explore how lizards survive and thrive in rapidly changing environments and the lessons they have in store for us!
Vaishnavee Kulkarni, IISER Pune STEM educator at IISER Pune and researcher, studies ghost crabs, owls and sea turtles. Has two crab species registered on…