As 2025 comes to an end, there is no end to the spectacular discoveries from India! From a springtail snake to a spider that can fish…here are new discoveries made in December 2025…
Scientists Find Pangolins In Arunachal Pradesh Using Indigenous Knowledge
Scientists found Chinese pangolins in Arunachal Pradesh by placing camera traps using Adi Indigenous knowledge, not standard wildlife trails.
Endangered Hoolock Gibbon Family Rescued From An Isolated Tree in Arunachal Pradesh
A family of Hoolock gibbons was found stranded on a single tall ficus tree in Arunachal Pradesh.
Meet the Indian Frogs That Bite, Scream and Stand Tall to Scare Predators
Two frogs – from the western ghats and northeast India have shown peculiar defence mechanism against predators – screaming, biting and standing tall!
New Animal and Plant Species Discovered in India this October (2025 Update)
It has been a month of multiple discoveries at once! From 6 new butterfly species in Arunachal Pradesh to plants, earthworms and a fungus so big that someone can sit on it! Take a look at a few of the discoveries published in October, Beautiful White Flowering Plant Species from Kerala Botanists exploring the mist-covered […]
Six New Butterflies for India from Arunachal’s Siang Valley
Nestled within the lush, rain-drenched terrain of Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh, a team of researchers stumbled upon a discovery that would expand India’s butterfly list.
Orchid Species Rediscovered After a 100 Years
Quick Glance In the year 1926, botanist A. D. Perry collected a single specimen of an orchid species from the Lushai Hills region of Mizoram, back then a part of Assam. This orchid was growing on moss-covered trees at an approximate height of 1500 metres. The unique species was classified as Malaxis parryae by Tang […]
India Gets A New Species of Venomous Pit Viper Snake
When Rohan Pandit and Wangchu Phiang accidentally stumbled upon a brown snake on a steep slope of a forest in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh in India, little did they know that the reptile had never been formally described before. Now, in a new paper, researchers have described this snake as a new-to-science species of […]
Snow Leopard Photographed for the First Time in Arunachal Pradesh
Scientists have obtained the first evidence of the elusive snow leopard in Arunachal Pradesh. Camera traps have captured images of the big cat at Thembang village’s Community Conserved Area, a community-owned reserve, in West Kameng district. The presence of the species outside a protected areas highlights the importance of community support for conservation as well as landscape-scale […]
Photographers Discover A New Species Of Primate In India
The White Cheeked Macaque, a new species of primate, has been spotted in Arunachal Pradesh by a group of wildlife photographers and biologists from North East India. The macaque is a new species that was discovered in 2015 by Dr Li Cheng and his group from the Modog in South-eastern Tibet in China. The discovery […]
New Species of Catfish Discovered
A new species of catfish has been discovered by a team of ichthyologists from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) in West Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The catfish species has been named Creteuchiloglanis payjab. This is the second species of the same genus discovered here after a span of 48 years! The team informed that the […]