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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
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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

New species remain hidden in the myristica swamps of the Western Ghats

Neha Jain 4 Nov 2019

Tree frog rapidly changes colour in Arunachal Pradesh

Neha Jain 21 Oct 2019

Named after ‘bhujia’, a new species of underground fish pops up in Kerala

Sahana Ghosh 15 Oct 2019

New frog species from unexplored Jharkhand and Bihar brings cheer

GBSNP Varma 16 Sep 2019
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Hidden cameras reveal six colour variants of the Asiatic golden cat

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Jun 2019
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Your environment this week: Punjab farmers’ widows contest elections, Ganga is shifting at Patna

Mongabay.com 17 May 2019
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Gollum surfaces in India: Scientists document the first underground snakehead fish

Sahana Ghosh 15 May 2019

A new species of venomous pit viper from Arunachal

Shreya Dasgupta 13 May 2019

New frog species discovered in biodiversity-rich Western Ghats

T. V. Padma 18 Mar 2019