Deep inside a remote gorge in Arunachal Pradesh, where bamboo groves swallow the sunlight and rotting leaves carpet the forest floor, scientists have stumbled upon something that almost shouldn’t exist — a flowering plant that has no leaves, no chlorophyll, and essentially no business being alive by the rules of conventional botany. Meet Gastrodia keyiensis. … Read more
Deep in the valleys of Arunachal Pradesh, where the forests still breathe without interruption, two tiny creatures have quietly rewritten the record books. Scientists have discovered two entirely new species of solitary bees in Siang Valley — and honestly, it’s the kind of news that makes you stop and think about how much of our … Read more
A tiny purple-blue flower hiding at 3,600 metres in the mountains of Tawang just rewrote a chapter of India’s botanical history — and it had been missing for 158 years. Lost Since 1867, Found in Tawang Cyananthus hookeri, a rare Himalayan flowering plant, has been rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district — marking its first … Read more
