http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news The latest science news from the Museum Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:12:59 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2013-03-19T18:12:59Z http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2013/03/19/unique-and-endangered-radiation-of-freshwater-periwinkle-snails-in-india The great majority of the more than 400 families of snails are found only in the sea, while about 5% of them are exclusively freshwater. Very few snail groups are common in both environments and just three marine families have rare freshwater members. biodiversity evolution india mollusca freshwater_streams littorinidae periwinkles Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:12:59 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2013/03/19/unique-and-endangered-radiation-of-freshwater-periwinkle-snails-in-india John Jackson 2013-03-19T18:12:59Z 5 years, 4 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/unique-and-endangered-radiation-of-freshwater-periwinkle-snails-in-india http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=2965 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2012/11/27/three-new-fish-species-from-india Ralf Britz and collaborators from the Conservation Research Group from St Albert's College, Kochi, Kerala have published a series of papers describing three new fish species from South India.   Pristolepis rubripinnis, Dario urops and Pangio fish zoology india biogeography life_sciences Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:28:49 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2012/11/27/three-new-fish-species-from-india John Jackson 2012-11-27T14:28:49Z 5 years, 8 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/three-new-fish-species-from-india http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=2761 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2012/10/12/convention-on-biological-diversity--hyderabad-2012 The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international agreement under the UN umbrella that focuses on biodiversity information, conservation and sustainable use. Most of the World's countries have signed up to the CBD since it was initiated in invasive_species cbd india convention_on_biological_diversity cbd_cop11 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:32:11 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2012/10/12/convention-on-biological-diversity--hyderabad-2012 John Jackson 2012-10-12T09:32:11Z 5 years, 10 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/convention-on-biological-diversity--hyderabad-2012 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=2678 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2012/04/27/exploring-indian-amphibian-diversity--a-new-family David Gower, Mark  Wilkinson, Diego San Mauro (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow),  Emma Sherratt (NERC-funded PhD student) and NHM Scientific Associate S. D. Biju (University of Delhi) collaborated in the discovery and description of a new zoology india amphibia caecilian Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:51:14 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2012/04/27/exploring-indian-amphibian-diversity--a-new-family John Jackson 2012-04-27T12:51:14Z 6 years, 3 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/exploring-indian-amphibian-diversity--a-new-family http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=2422 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2011/08/05/conference--wallich-and-indian-natural-history-collection-dispersal-and-the-cultivation-of-knowledge This international conference will be held from the 6th-7th December, 2011, on the general theme of South Asian natural history collections with a special emphasis on the collections of the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), a major figure in botany india wallich centre_for_arts_and_humanities_research cahr Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:35:16 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2011/08/05/conference--wallich-and-indian-natural-history-collection-dispersal-and-the-cultivation-of-knowledge John Jackson 2011-08-05T10:35:16Z 7 years, 1 week ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/conference--wallich-and-indian-natural-history-collection-dispersal-and-the-cultivation-of-knowledge http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=1918 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2011/01/21/science-and-history-botany-in-early-19th-century-india Ranee Tiwari, Polly Parry and Julie Harvey from the Museum are currently visiting the Acharya Jagadish  Chandra Bose  Botanical Garden in Kolkata, India (formerly Calcutta) to collaborate on a project that combines science and history.  botany history india rbgkew british_library wallich Fri, 21 Jan 2011 13:28:51 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2011/01/21/science-and-history-botany-in-early-19th-century-india John Jackson 2011-01-21T13:28:51Z 7 years, 6 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/science-and-history-botany-in-early-19th-century-india http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=1615 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2011/01/06/indian-amphibians-rediscovering-what-was-lost In November 2010, Drs David Gower and Mark Wilkinson (Zoology) represented the NHM at the formal launch of the International project LAI: Lost Amphibians of India at the University of Delhi, India. This project aims to “rediscover” Indian biodiversity india amphibia caecilian Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:15:30 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/2011/01/06/indian-amphibians-rediscovering-what-was-lost John Jackson 2011-01-06T17:15:30Z 7 years, 7 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/comment/indian-amphibians-rediscovering-what-was-lost http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/science-news/feeds/comments?blogPost=1586