A new species of bamboo-dwelling bat was discovered in Ri Bhoi district of Meghalaya. The species has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. The species was found near the forested patch of Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. The present discovery is the first report Read More …
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Rakthamichthys mumba-A new eel species
A new species of swamp eel belonging to the genus Rakthamicthys was discovered in a well in Mumbai. The genus Rakthamicthys eel is endemic to India. The new species has been named Rakthamichthys mumba, a hat tip to the city Read More …
Minervarya Pentali-A New Frog Species
A team of Delhi University researchers has discovered a new frog species in the Western Ghats and named it after former DU Vice-Chancellor and plant geneticist Deepak Pental. The new frog species, Minervarya Pentali, was discovered from the Western Ghats Read More …
Strobilanthes reptans- A new flora discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
A new invasive plant species named Strobilanthes reptans has been discovered in Tipi in Arunachal Pradesh’s West Kameng district. It is an invasive weed in the Indo-Pacific islands. The floral species has been discovered by Jatindra Sarma, the Chief Conservator Read More …
New jumping spider species named after 26/11 martyr Tukaram Omble
GS TIMES STAFF Two new species of jumping spider have been discovered from the Thane-Kalyan region in Maharashtra. One one of them has been named as the ‘Icius tukarami’ after the police constable Tukaram Omble who lost his life in the 26/11 Read More …
Two new species of Myrmecina ant discovered in Mizoram
A team of scientists has discovered two new species of a rare ant genus, Myrmecina in Mizoram. Myrmecina bawai: One of the two new species has been named Myrmecina bawai after professor Kamaljit S Bawa, a renowned evolutionary ecologist and Read More …
Pyrostria laljii-A Tree of coffee family discovered in Andaman Islands
A team of researchers from India and the Philippines has discovered a 15-metre-tall tree that belongs to the genus of the coffee family from the Andaman Islands. The new species, Pyrostria laljii, is also the first record of the genus Read More …
Scientists discover new species of African Violet plant in Mizoram
India Science Wire Researchers at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have discovered a new species of plant belonging to the African Violets family in Mizoram and adjacent areas in Myanmar. This study shows that the biodiversity Read More …
Subdoluseps nilgiriensis-a new species of skink
A team of researchers have discovered a new species of skink at Anaikatti hills in Coimbatore in the Western Ghats. It is an Asian gracile skink named “Subdoluseps nilgiriensis,” closely related to Subdoluseps pruthi found in parts of the Eastern Read More …
Crocidura narcondamica: A new species of shrew
A new species of insectivorous mammal, a white-toothed shrew, has been discovered by the scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) from Narcondam Island of the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. The species Crocidura narcondamica is a new addition to the list Read More …
Xylophis deepaki-A new snake species
A new species of wood snake-endemic to Tamil Nadu, has been named in honour of Indian herpetologist Deepak Veerappan. The species has been named as Xylophis deepaki. A research team has suggested the common name Deepak’s wood snake. It is Read More …
India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat found in Meghalaya
A team of scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and a few European natural history museums has found India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky discs in Meghalaya. With this new discovery, the species count of the flying mammal Read More …
Three-banded rosefinch: A new bird species spotted in Arunachal Pradesh
A team of Indian researchers have spotted ‘three-banded rosefinch’- a new species of bird in Sela mountain pass on the border between Tawang and West Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh. It was found at an altitude of 3,852 metres above Read More …
Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii Sadasivan
The Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii Sadasivan-a butterfly species discovered in the Agasthyamala in the Western Ghats a decade ago , has now found place in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The new taxon of Lycaenid butterflies belonging to the Nacaduba genus had been first sighted Read More …
Hypnea indica and Hypnea bullata: Two new species of seaweed
Researchers from the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda have discovered two new species of seaweed : Hypnea indica (after India) and Hypnea bullata (because of the blisterlike marks on its body – bullate). Hypnea indica was discovered Kanyakumari in Tamil Read More …