Researcher Dr. Karthick Balasubramanian and the team from the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have discovered a new diatom species named Diploneis mawsmaii after the Mawsmai caves of Cherrapunji, where it was found.
World’s Largest Cavefish Discovered in India
In the caves of Meghalaya, scientists have discovered the largest known cavefish in the world. The fish looks very similar to the Golden Mahseer (Tor putitora), a surface-dwelling endangered fish. The newly discovered subterranean species is five times the average length of a cave-dwelling fish. There are approximately 250 species of subterranean or troglobitic fish […]
Image Of The Day: Root Bridge Of Meghalaya
This photograph of the famous root bridge of Meghalaya was taken by Nityananda Mukherjee. This is what he had to say about this unique bridge, These bridges are not built, they are grown. And it takes almost a decade or more to become strong and sturdy. The original architects of this natural bridge building technology are […]