Meghalaya Thick-thumbed Bat

It's 2022 and new mammals are still being discovered in India! You read that right. Meet the Meghalaya thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus meghalayanus, discovered and described by Uttam Saikia, Gabor Csorba and Manuel Ruedi. Comic from my Roundglass Sustain column. 

Khasi Pitcher

Meet India's only known pitcher plant: the Khasi Pitcher, which uses UV light to attract prey! Comic fro my Roundglass Sustain column.

Monopterus rongsaw

Meet Monopterus rongsaw, a new species of Swamp Eel discovered from the famous Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya! Congrats to amphibian biologist Rachunliu G. Kamei and team from the Natural History Museum of London, for the discovery.

Read the article on the discovery on the Natural History Museum's website here, written by Josh Davis.