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Researchers collect samples of moths and other insects in Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Sandesh Kadur/Felis Images (CC BY-ND 4.0).

Retracing the route of a century-old biodiversity expedition

Simrin Sirur 3 Apr 2025
Cilantica agasthyaensis is one of the new species included in a new genus of trantulas from the Western Ghats. Image courtesy of Zeeshan Mirza.

New tarantulas described from the Western Ghats

Liz Kimbrough 8 Jan 2025

Meet DiCaprio’s Himalayan serpent

Neha Jain 3 Jan 2025

Science welcomed multiple new species in 2024

Arathi Menon 30 Dec 2024

New king cobra study makes hisss…tory

Arathi Menon 20 Nov 2024

[Explainer] How are species named?

Anusha Krishnan 4 Jun 2024

With a new discovery, lizard studies get an edge

Arathi Menon 5 Apr 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

Named after their habitats, three new frogs add to Arunachal’s biodiversity

Arathi Menon 1 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