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Rhinophis siruvaniensis. Image by by Umesh P.K.

Scientists describe a new species of burrowing shieldtail snake

Vandana K. 9 Dec 2025
T. silasii by Geetha Sasikumar and K.K. Sajikumar.

New deep-sea squid species discovered in tropical waters

Divya Kilikar 8 Dec 2025
Lateral views of D. grayi, D. deshayesi and D. strangulata. Images by Shah et al.

Researchers identify four species of sea butterflies new to India

Vandana K. 27 Nov 2025
A specimen of Charmus laneus from Coimbatore, which is the type locality of Charmus indicus. C. indicus has now been synonymised with C. laneus. Image by Shauri Sulakhe.

Scientists correct a century-old misidentified scorpion and describe a new species

Vandana K. 17 Nov 2025
Bridgeoporus kanadii growing on a fir tree. Species in this genus are vital in the housekeeping of forests, by decomposing forest litter, particularly dead wood.

A new fungi species that’s larger than life

Divya Kilikar 24 Sep 2025

A push for the bush frog

Arathi Menon 2 Sep 2025
Dravidogecko coonoor. Image by Rishi Kesavan.

Getting to know a highland gecko

Arathi Menon 8 Aug 2025
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