In a significant botanical discovery, scientists have recorded Bulbophyllum stocksii—a rare orchid species earlier believed to be restricted to the Western Ghats—in Meghalaya, marking its first confirmed record from Northeast India.
In a forest village in Northeast India, a group of researchers holds up a photograph of a tiny, brightly coloured frog. “New species,” they say. The village elders smile. They’ve seen this frog before—by the stream, after the rains, since they were children.
In a major breakthrough for biodiversity science, researchers have discovered a new species of bat from the Himalayan region of India and Pakistan, with two scientists from Meghalaya playing a crucial role in the study.
Amid a major push to increase domestic production of palm oil, Meghalaya wants to stay away from palm oil plantations due to concerns over deforestation and its negative impact on biodiversity, as well as opposition by farmers.
