Indian scientists have discovered a new plant species in Antarctica. The species is named Bryum bharatiensis – after the country’s name and India’s Antarctic station Bharati. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 This is the first time a plant species has been discovered in the four decades of the Indian Antarctic mission Polar biologists of the […]
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A 15-meter-tall tree that belongs to the genus of the coffee family has recently been discovered from the Andaman Islands by a team of researchers from India and the Philippines. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The new species, Pyrostria laljii, is also the first record of the genus Pyrostria in India. Plants belonging to genus
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In the rainforests of New Guinea, a species of frog lives that looks like it has been made of chocolate. First spotted by an Australian scientist, Steve Richards, in 2016, noted that this frog could be a new species and is being considered as an addition to the knowns of the animal kingdom. Daily Current
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Found in the Kurra caves of Chhattisgarh in April 2021 by a team of zoologists headed by Dr Ranjana Jaiswara of the Zoology Department of Panjab University, Chandigarh, the new subgenus was named Jayanti after Professor Jayant Biswas, one of the leading cave explorers in the country Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Jayanti has become
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Researchers have discovered an Asian gracile skink species from Western Ghats. The new species is closely related to Subdoluseps pruthi found in parts of the Eastern Ghats. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Named Subdoluseps nilgiriensis, the reptile has a slender body of just about 7 cm and is sandy brown in colour. The new species
A group of lepidopterists have found a new butterfly species in India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The discovery of the species Nacaduba sinhala ramaswamii Sadasivan, 2021 in the Agasthyamalais in the Western Ghats a decade ago has now found place in the Journal of Threatened Taxa. The new taxon of Lycaenid butterflies belongs to
Two new species of seaweed have been discovered by a group of marine biologists from Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. Named Hypnea indica (after India) and Hypnea bullata (because of the blisterlike marks on its body – bullate), the seaweeds are part of the genus Hypnea or red seaweeds. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Named
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Scientists believe they may have discovered the smallest reptile on earth – a chameleon subspecies that is the size of a seed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The team found one male and one female of the species, named Brookesia nana, during an expedition in 2012. The male has a length (snout to vent) of
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A new species of Indian Muraingrasses known for their ecological and economic importance, such as fodder, have been spotted by scientists in Goa in the Western Ghats, one of the four global biodiversity hotspots of India. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points The species was named Ischaemumjanarthanamiiin honour of Prof. M. K. Janarthanam, Professor of
Scientists from Agharkar research institute, Pune (ARI) has discovered two new species of ‘pipeworts’ in the Western ghats of Maharashtra and Karnataka – one of the 35 hotspots of biological diversity in the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points These new species belong to a plant group known for their varied medicinal properties. It
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