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Scientists recently discovered two new species of tiny soil-dwelling creatures called springtails named Folsomia ciega and Folsomia unioculata in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats, taking the ...

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NILGIRIS: Scientists have discovered two new species of tiny soil-dwelling creatures called springtails in the Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats, taking the number of known species of the genus ...