Researchers have discovered yet another new frog species from the freshwater bodies of the western coastal plains of India. The discovery has been made in a collaborative effort by scientists of ...

Others depict animals of great power, like tigers and elephants. And there are humans, probably fertility figures, images of a mother goddess like those found elsewhere in India and around the world.

One of India’s most sacred animals is running into a very real problem: trains India's dense population is threatening elephants, with more than 200 killed in train collisions over the last decade.