India has submitted its First National Report (NR1) on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) to the Secretariat of the Convention on...
Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have rediscovered a rare plant species, Henckelia monophylla, in Arunachal Pradesh after nearly 189 years. The species was originally collected...
A recent faunal survey conducted by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) at the Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu has led to the discovery of nine species....
Researchers have recently discovered a new species of earthworm named Drawida vazhania in Kerala’s Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary. The species was identified near the Vazhani Dam area in Thrissur...
Illegal earth cutting from a wetland connected to Deepor Beel is continuing in the Satmile area of Guwahati despite prohibitory orders issued by the district administration, restrictions from...
Botanists from Gauhati University have discovered a new plant species in the grasslands of Manas National Park in Assam and named it after renowned Assamese singer Zubeen Garg....
Recent research has confirmed that the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was created by a massive asteroid impact millions of years ago. Scientists analysed geological samples and...
Researchers have rediscovered “Myiophanes kempi”, a rare cave-dwelling assassin bug, in limestone caves of the Andaman Islands after nearly a century. The insect had not been recorded since...
Researchers from Gauhati University have discovered a new plant species named “Osbeckia zubeengargiana” in Assam. The discovery was made in the grasslands of Manas National Park located in...
Scientists have discovered a rare parasitic wasp species from a tea estate in Assam, highlighting the largely unexplored biodiversity within plantation ecosystems. The discovery was made during a...