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After 70 long years, a new species of pitviper emerges from Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh | May 18, 2019
After 70 long years, a new species of pitviper emerges from Arunachal Pradesh

Researchers discover a new species of pitviper in Arunachal Pradesh and name it Trimeresurus arunachalensis or the Arunachal pitviper.

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive

The identity crisis of the Indian savannas

Bengaluru | Mar 4, 2019
The identity crisis of the Indian savannas

Researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, have shown that grass-fuelled fires and seasonal drought, which are the characteristics of savannas, are also observed in the dry deciduous “forests” in India. These findings add to a growing body of evidence that these systems are, in fact, savannas.

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive

Researchers discover four new species of horned frogs in the Northeast, solve 150 years of identity crisis

New Delhi | Dec 5, 2018
Credits: Top left: Megophrys periosa, Systematics Lab, DU; Top right: Megophrys flavipunctata, S.D. Biju; Bottom left: Megophrys himalayana, Systematics Lab, DU; Bottom right: Megophrys oreocrypta, Systematics Lab, DU

A team of Irish and Indian biologists from the University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland, the Natural History Museum (NHM), UK, and the University of Delhi (DU), India, have provided detailed descriptions of these newly discovered frogs.

General, Science, Ecology, Deep-dive
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