Indian Researchers Discover New Gecko Species In Arunachal Pradesh
A team of researchers from five institutes across India have discovered a new gecko species in Arunachal Pradesh. Their discovery was published in the international peer-reviewed journal Evolutionary Systematics.
The new species, which belongs to the genus Cyrtodactylus commonly known as bent-toed geckos, was discovered by Zeeshan Mirza of the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bengaluru, Harshal Bhosale and Mandar Sawant of the Bombay Natural History Society in Mumbai, Faizan Ansari of the Madras Crocodile Bank in Chennai, Gaurang Gowande of Ferguson College in Pune, Pushkar Phansalkar from Pune, and Harshil Patel of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in Surat.
The researchers have named the species Cyrtodactylus arunachalensis after the state in which it was discovered.
Feb 01, 2021
Girl Discovers 220 Million Year Old Dinosaur Footprint
A four-year-old girl has made a big discovery.
Walking along a beach in Wales with her father, she spotted an extremely well-preserved dinosaur footprint that has excited palaeontologists worldwide.
Lily Wilder made the discovery near Bendricks Bay in south Wales, U.K., finding an imprint thought to have been left 220 million years ago.
Although it is impossible to identify exactly which type of dinosaur left the 10-centimetre (3.9-inch) footprint, some facts are discernable.
It's likely the footprint was made by a dinosaur that stood about 75 centimetres (29.5 inches) tall and 2.5 meters (about 8 feet) long.
Uttarakhand Sets up First Arboretum for Shivalik Range with 210 Species of Trees
A first of its kind arboretum conserving over 210 species of trees found in the Shivalik range of the Himalayas was inaugurated in Uttarakhand's Nainital district.
Sanjiv Chaturvedi, chief conservator of forests (CCF) and in-charge of forest research of state forest department said that Shivalik range or Outer Himalayas spreads across states and union territories like Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and seven states in the country's northeast.
The arboretum was inaugurated by Ajay Singh Rawat, a noted environmentalist from Uttarakhand.
The Shivalik Arboretum has over 210 tree and shrub species, making it one of the biggest arboretum in the state, officials said. Some trees preserved include, Kafal (Myrica esculenta), Buransh, (Rhododendron arboretum), Tejpat (Cinnamomum tamala) and Sanjeevani (Sellaginella bryopteris).