Research Matters Staff Writer(s) Uttarakhand 9 May 2026 Researchers have discovered a new species of "happy-face" spider high in the Western Himalayas of India. Found hiding on the undersides of leaves in the mountainous forests of Uttarakhand, the tiny, brightly coloured spider, named Theridion himalayana, was uncovered by researchers Ashirwad Tripathy from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun and Devi Priyadarshini from the Regional Museum of …
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