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[Explainer] How are species named?

Anusha Krishnan 4 Jun 2024

Scientists leap beyond Latin to give local flair to species names

Laasya Shekhar 7 Mar 2024
Hanuman plover is a ground nesting bird, and both eggs and chicks are well camouflaged by their surroundings.

Newly identified shorebird species in Sri Lanka named after Hanuman

Malaka Rodrigo 31 Jan 2024
Image shows a gecko on a log

New species of parachute gecko recorded in Mizoram

Neha Jain 10 Jul 2023
Horaglanis populi resides in the lateritic aquifer systems of Kerala. It is tiny and lack eyes and pigments. Photo by Arjun C.P.

Citizen scientists help discover a blind catfish species hidden inside Kerala’s aquifers

Neha Jain 2 May 2023
A Miniopterus phillipsi.

A newly described cave bat in Sri Lanka indicates presence of more species

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Nov 2022

Scientists describe a new Himalayan snake species found via Instagram

Liz Kimbrough 29 Nov 2021

Jackie Chan, Balerion and Smaug inspire names of gecko species described from Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 26 Oct 2021

Moth biodiversity assessment finds nearly 500 moth species in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary

Roopak Goswami 1 Sep 2021

Newly described scorpion species from Western Ghats highlight need for more research and conservation

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 May 2021

Newly described chameleon from Madagascar may be world’s smallest reptile

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Mar 2021

Three new leafhopper species described in India

Neha Jain 16 Feb 2021

Editor’s review of 2020: Virus, controversies, wildlife, transitions and wetlands

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 29 Dec 2020
Bioluminescent mushroom. Photo by Steve Axford.

Mysterious new bioluminescent mushroom glows in the forests of Meghalaya

Neha Jain 18 Nov 2020

New Aloe species discovered from a desert in northwestern India

Neha Jain 13 Oct 2020

A brand new family of bony fishes from south India

Aathira Perinchery 7 Oct 2020

A new species of blind, underground ant from Goa

Arti Das 7 Sep 2020

Discoveries and rediscoveries: Stoneflowers in northeast India

Aathira Perinchery 30 Jul 2020

A new species of wood snake emerges in the Western Ghats, mottled in grey-brown

Aathira Perinchery 20 Apr 2020

A new addition to the Walkerana genus

Mike Gaworecki 13 Mar 2020