Research Bytes: 3 New Snake Species,2 New Diatoms Species & A Love-story for Fig Wasps and Fig Trees

May has been a busy month for scientists here in India! With the discovery of 2 new species of diatoms and 3 new species of snake. Let’s talk about what this has to tell us about the unexplored regions of India. Then we’ll discuss the tiny fig wasp and look at how extremely important it is to the giant fig tree. What are Diatoms? https://diatoms.org/what-are-diatoms Two species of diatoms discovered in Sikkim https://researchmatters.in/news/two-species-diatoms-discovered-sikkim Word on the Vine: New species of vine snake discovered in India https://researchmatters.in/news/word-vine-new-species-vine-snake-discovered-india After 70 long years, a new species of pitviper emerges from Arunachal Pradesh https://researchmatters.in/news/after-70-long-years-new-species-pitviper-emerges-arunachal-pradesh A new genus and species of natricine snake from northeast India https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4603.2.2 How mighty are the fig wasps? https://researchmatters.in/news/how-mighty-are-fig-wasps