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Aswathi PachaIn Taita Hills, tree hyraxes have only three-square kilometres of indigenous forest left and the small size of the habitat may lead to inbreeding or loss of the whole population due to diseases

Science
More flash droughts in India by end of century
Aswathi Pacha Atmospheric anomalies, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions play a role![Ooceraea decamera (top) and Ooceraea joshii. Credit: Zookeys [Bharti H. et al. 2021] Ooceraea decamera (top) and Ooceraea joshii. Credit: Zookeys [Bharti H. et al. 2021]](https://th.thgim.com/static/img/1x1_spacer.png)
Environment
Two new species of ants discovered from Kerala and Tamil Nadu
PTI Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu by a team of scientists, the Department of Science and Technology said on Saturday. One of the two species found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala has been named Ooceraea Joshii in honour of professor Amitabh Joshi — a distinguished evolutionary biologist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). The other named Ooceraea decamera (decamera refers to the ten-segmented antennal