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The Spotted Dove, also known as the eastern spotted dove, mountain dove, pearl-necked dove, lace-necked dove, or spotted turtle dove, was formally described in 1786 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli. Formerly…
The Baya Weaver is a small, remarkable bird renowned for constructing some of the most intricate nests in the avian world. First described in 1766 by Carl Linnaeus, this species…
Veezhumala, meaning “Fallen Hill,” is a prominent hill range near Alathur in Palakkad District. Stretching over six kilometres from east to west and rising more than 400 metres above the…
The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) was first scientifically described in 1758 by the Swedish physician and zoologist Carl Linnaeus. It is one of the world’s most widespread and remarkable migratory…
The tropical tent-web spider (Cyrtophora citricola) is an orb-weaver spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It was first recorded in 1775 by Peter Forsskål (1732–1763), a Swedish explorer and naturalist…
The Black-crowned Night Heron, also known as the black-capped night heron, was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus. Linnaeus originally placed the species in the genus…
The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is the most widely distributed bird in the world. It was first recorded in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish biologist and…
Andrographis paniculata, commonly known as Green Chiretta, creat, or Indian Echinacea, is a medicinal herb belonging to the Acanthaceae family and is native to India and Sri Lanka. Famous for…
The Red-wattled lapwing was first scientifically recorded in 1781 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, the renowned French naturalist, mathematician, and astronomer. The Indian subspecies, Vanellus indicus indicus, was later described in 1783…
The Ahaetulla malabarica, commonly known as the Malabar vine snake or Long-nosed Whipsnake, belongs to the Colubridae family and is a slender arboreal snake endemic to the southern and central…