The Dog Lab

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

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.

Let the dogs be on the streets! It's their home, they have been around forever. Let's learn to co-exist.
26/05/2026

Let the dogs be on the streets! It's their home, they have been around forever. Let's learn to co-exist.

Just published in Ethology. The third publication of the year. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/eth.7008...
20/05/2026

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!

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...
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.

Here is the second publication of the year from our lab. Congratulations Tuhin and team! Here we compare the lemon avoid...
10/04/2026

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.

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...

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