18 Illegal borewells sealed Around Vallanadu Blackbuck Sanctuary: RTI Reply
The New Indian Express
Atal Bhujal Yojana: A (mis) Calculated Approach
Veena Srinivasan, Partik Kumar India Development Review | 1 November, 2023 The Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to address groundwater depletion and encourage community-led water security plans. But it may not be taking into account a key component of water flows.
Two Extraordinary Alycaeid Species From Northeastern India (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea)
Aravind N.A. & Páll-GergelyB Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungarica | 30 October, 2023 Cycloryx pemaledai Gittenberger & Sherub, 2022, which was described from northwestern Bhutan, is reported for the first time in Sikkim, India. That species differs from all its congeners by the short R3 (the region between the constriction and the peristome). The differences between […]
‘Trojan fish’: Exploring haplotypic and genotypic diversity of introduced Gambusia holbrooki in India
M. Nobinraja & G. Ravikanth Hydrobiologia | 30 October, 2023 Assessing haplotypic and genotypic diversity is crucial for comprehending biological invasion dynamics and devising effective management strategies. In India, Gambusia spp. were introduced in the early twentieth century for mosquito biocontrol, but recent studies have demonstrated their detrimental impact on native biota. The present research […]
Farm loan waivers and higher MSP: How Chhattisgarh CM Baghel is banking on farmers for re-election
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Butterflies with a taste for elephant dung: Puddling of adult butterflies on elephant dung in India’s Western Ghats
Anoop N.R, Femi E Benny , M.A. Yathumon , Aswaj Punnath Food Webs | 26 October. 2023 Elephants ingest a large quantity of plant material across the landscape and concentrate it at specific locations through dung and urine excretion, greatly enhancing local nutrient availability for various organisms. During our two-year study in India’s Western Ghats, […]
Greening ‘wastelands’ Doesn’t Guarantee a Greener India
Abi Tamim Vanak, Sanjana Nair Climate Emergency | 25 October, 2023 In pursuit of India’s net-zero goals, wastelands are being repurposed for renewable energy and afforestation projects. This poses a threat to the diverse ecosystems they encompass and the communities dependent on them.
Discovery of a new species of dwarf frog (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: Alcalus) extends the northwestern distributional limits of the genus to Northeast India
Bitupan Boruah,Surya Narayanan,Jason D. Gerard,Abhijit Das &V. Deepak Systematics and Biodiversity | 23 October, 2023 We describe a new species of the genus Alcalus from the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh based on molecular, morphological, and osteological characters. The new species differs from its congeners based on a combination of morphological characters including snout-vent […]
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Two New Reports of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) Species from the Indian Subcontinent
Sahanashree R, Aswaj Punnath, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Sociobiology | 20 October, 2023 Two species of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859, namely Stigmatomma amblyops Karavaiev, 1935 and Stigmatomma luyiae Hsu, Esteves, Chou & Lin, 2017 are reported for the first time from the Indian subcontinent. Stigmatomma amblyops was previously known from Vietnam and China whereas S. luyiae was recorded from Taiwan. Workers of the aforementioned species were […]
