A team of researchers while exploring freshwater snails near a waterfall in Mizoram discovered a new species of snail. It has a shell with a height and diameter of 2.5 cm.
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Category: Wildlife
New species of semi-slug discovered in Western Ghats – Shuchi Giridhar
The new species, named Varadia amboliensis, is glossy gray or greyish white, with irregular dark mottling and measures 6 cm in length.
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Glasswing Butterfly with invisible wings – Report by EJ Tanvi
Glasswing butterflies (Greta Oto) are among the hundreds of butterfly species with transparent wings. They are found in Central and South America.
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Brood X cicadas emerge after 17 years
Cicadas are large insects in the Cicadoidea family with big eyes, transparent, veined wings, and short antennae. C
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Cantil: A Discovery of an Unknown Organ in a Weed Plant
One of the best studied plants in science is a small roadside weed named thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana). It has been studied for decades.
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Assam gets two new national parks added to its list of five
Raimona forest reserve, Kokrajkar district, and Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary, Tinsukia district, have been added to the list of national parks in Assam.
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Two new species of woolly flying squirrels discovered
Two new species of woolly flying squirrel have been found by an international team of scientists from Australia and China.
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Gray whale makes the longest migration known for any mammal
A gray whale was spotted in Namibia, Africa, in 2013. This was the first recorded event of a gray whale sighting in the southern hemisphere and it piqued the interest of scientists all over the world.
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First Giant Titanosaur Fossil Found In Australia
A new species of huge titanosaurs (a type of dinosaurs) has been discovered in Australia. Titanosaurs are a type of sauropods.
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Egg of extinct dwarf Emu discovered in sand dunes
Scientists for the first time have studied an egg of an extinct species of the dwarf emu. Emu is a short, stocky, and flightless bird.
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