ZSI team records two rare aquatic water bugs new to India Hyderabad: Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Hyderabad, in collaboration with VHNSN College and Madurai Kamaraj University, have recorded two rare aquatic backswimmers, or water bugs, for the first time in the Indian subcontinent.The two species—Enithares metallica and Enithares intricata—were collected from…
Participants perform yoga at DAV Public School, Pokhariput, on Sunday Bhubaneswar: In a significant boost to its global research credentials, KIIT Deemed to be University has announced that 54 of its faculty members have been ranked among the world’s top 5% scientists in SciRank Global Index 2025.The recognition comes from SciRank Global Registry, an independent…
The genus Mimeusemia belongs to the forester moth group within the Noctuidae family Pune: Scientists from the western regional centre of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Pune have discovered a new species of forester moth in Karnataka’s Kali Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats, marking the first addition to the genus Mimeusemia in…
A new species of lizard, Mesalina Bishnoi, has been discovered in Rajasthan JAIPUR: A new species of lizard, Mesalina Bishnoi, has been discovered in Rajasthan, making it the first confirmed record of the genus Mesalina in India. The species was found near Gajner in Bikaner district and has been formally described by scientists from the…
The new species of cascade-dwelling frog from Nagaland Guwahati: A team of researchers from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has discovered and described a new species of cascade-dwelling frog from Nagaland, naming it ‘Amolops Kamal’ in honour of Dr Kamal Choudhury, former head of the department of Zoology at B Barooah College, Guwahati.“I was a…
Kolkata: In a major breakthrough for Indian biodiversity research, scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have developed the country’s first and largest DNA barcode reference library for cockroaches, uncovering several undocumented and endemic lineages found nowhere else in the world.The study, published in the international taxonomy journal Zootaxa, revealed that India’s hidden cockroach…
