An Instagram post has led scientists to find a new species of snake in the Himalayas

Locked down at home during the pandemic last year, a postgraduate student photographed a snake in his backyard that experts had never seen before.

Liz Kimbrough

· Dec 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm

Newly-discovered scorpion species in the Western Ghats may change old notions about the arachnid

The discovery highlights the need for more research and conservation.

Vinaya Kurtkoti

· Jun 08, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Illegal trade of exotic animals puts India at risk of a zoonotic disease outbreak

Since there is a complete ban on selling Indian species under the Wildlife Protection Act, smugglers have shifted to the exotic animal trade.

Nabarun Guha

· Apr 25, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In Meghalaya, scientists discover glowing mushrooms, used by locals as natural torches

Of about 120,000 described fungi species, only around 100 are known to be bioluminescent or capable of emitting light.

Neha Jain

· Dec 03, 2020 · 07:30 pm

A plant species has been rediscovered in Gujarat after 104 years

Villagers have taken it on themselves to protect Olax nana.

Azera Parveen Rahman

· Nov 12, 2020 · 09:30 pm

A frog species discovered in the Eastern Ghats has now been seen 1,000 km away in the Western Ghats

The discovery proves that the Kalinga cricket frog may be distributed across a larger area than earlier, possibly incomplete, surveys showed.

Aathira Perinchery

· Oct 31, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Scientists discover a new Aloe species in Rajasthan’s deserts that locals were using to make pickles

It is the second Aloe species recorded in the wild in India after Aloe vera.

Neha Jain

· Oct 18, 2020 · 09:30 pm

The newly-discovered Gollum snakehead fish from Kerala may have lived alongside dinosaurs

Scientists have found that the species, which possibly evolved at least 109 million years ago, is genetically distinct from other snakehead fish worldwide.

Aathira Perinchery

· Oct 11, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Himalayan wolf should be categorised as a distinct species, recommends study

Taxonomic recognition would help convervation efforts, researchers said.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Apr 27, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Species thought to be extinct are being sighted again. Are they rising from the dead?

Three supposedly dead species were seen in the past month alone, raising the question of how species are declared extinct in the first place.

David Roberts, The Conversation

· Mar 10, 2019 · 09:30 pm

How researchers discovered a mysterious new frog species in the Western Ghats

The narrow-mouthed frog has a distinct insect-like call and its closest relative is over 2,000 km away in Southeast Asia.

Sandhya Sekar

· Feb 23, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Indian researchers discover new mysterious frog species in the Western Ghats

The Delhi University researchers discovered the amphibians in a roadside puddle in Kerala.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 14, 2019 · 01:23 pm