Botanists discovered Anaphalis sahyadrica, a new sunflower family plant species, in Kerala's high-altitude Western Ghats. Found above 2,200 meters in shola grasslands, this one-meter-tall subshrub bears 90-120 white flower heads, highlighting the region's rich, threatened endemic biodiversity.
Click to View MoreResearchers from Rajiv Gandhi University and Germany’s University of Tübingen recently discovered three new rove beetle species in Arunachal Pradesh: Megalopinus arunachalensis, M. mithun, and M. micros. Found in leaf litter, these tiny predators highlight the region’s vast, underexplored biodiversity.
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