A major international taxonomic review has placed Meghalaya firmly on the biodiversity map, with the discovery of two rare ladybird beetles never before recorded in India. The study, published in the latest issue of Zootaxa, documents Plotina muelleri and Plotina octomaculata from the Khasi and Garo Hills—marking the first-ever record of the genus Plotina in the country.
Guwahati, Sept 7: For decades, the Blue Pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) has been one of Northeast India’s most mysterious forest birds—heard occasionally, mentioned in outdated...
A new scientific study has uncovered five distinct, coexisting call types of Mecopoda sp. katydids in the Nokrek rainforest of Meghalaya, revealing a surprising layer of biodiversity hidden in plain sight.
The missing BSF official, who had gone missing at the Nokrek National Park in West Garo Hills on Monday afternoon, has been found alive deep inside the park.
