JANUARY TO OCTOBER WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN 2025

JANUARY - 

ASSAM FOREST REPORT - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Launched The Elephant Population Estimation (EPE)

* Assam Has Now 5828 Elephants 

* 5719 Elephants Were In 2017 Counts

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* India's First Ever Coastline Waders Bird Census To Be Conducted In Jamnagar, Gujarat From 3rd January To 5th January 2025.

* Uttarakhand Forest Department Establishes MAHABHARATA VATIKA. 

* Kerala Forest Department Has Announced A Mission Food, Fodder And Water Campaign To Tackle Human Wildlife Conflict In The State.

FIRST IN INAUGURATION - 

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Inaugurated State's First Elephant Rescue Centre At Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Zoological Park, Gorakhpur.

NEW SPECIES - 

* Researchers From Indian  Council Of Agriculture Research - NBFGR Identified A New Species Of Yellow Catfish HORABAGRUS OBSCURUS, in Chalakudy River, Kerala 

*  NEOLISSOCHILUS PNAR, The Largest Known Cave Fish Species Discovered In Meghalaya, Has Been Honoured As India's First Ever National CAVE Animal Of The Year By The Speleological Association Of India ( SAI). 

* Researchers Have Found Two Rare Order Neuroptera Species- Glenochrysa Zeylanica (FAMILY - CHRYSOPIDAE) And Indophane Barbara ( FAMILY -  MYRMELEONTIDAE )   - In Kerala 

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Discovered A New Species Of Pangolin In Arunachal Pradesh ( NAMED ON INDIA BURMAN BORDER) 

( Named After - Manis Indoburmanica) 

* * Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Identified 23 Species Of Blood Sucking Flies (13 Of Them Discovered First Time In Country In Andaman and Nicobar) 

* GARRA MAGNAROSTRUM - A New Species Of Cypirind Fish ( Teleostei Cyprinidae) At The Brahmaputra River 

* 2024 Was The Year Of Above 1.5 Degree C Above Temperature Recorded ( For The First Time).

* Indore, Madhya Pradesh And Udaipur, Rajasthan Have Joined The List Of 31 Wetlands Accredited Cities In The World's (First India) BY UNESCO 

IUCN - 

* The First Ever Multi Taxon Global Fresh Water Fauna Assessment For The IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species Has Been Identified In Western Ghats.

RARE - 

* A Rare Melanistic Leopard Spotted With Cub In Nayagarh District Forest In Odisha.

* Tripura Has Recorded Its First Ever Sighting Of The Rare Banded Royal Butterfly ( RACHANA JALINDRA INDRA) At Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary.

* The FIRST Photographic Evidence Of Elusive Palla's Cat (Manul) In Himachal Pradesh.

* Researcher Have Discovered The INDIAN SIPHONOPHORIDA After 77 Years (Species Name - SIPHONORHINUS PARAMBIKULUM) 

* GENUS - SIPHONORHINUS POCOCK)

* Found At Western Ghat, Kerala.

* Chinese Researchers Have Discovered a New Species Of RHODODENDRON In China's GUANGXI  ( Named - RHODODENDRON YUANBAOSHANENSE) 

ICAR - 

* Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR- NBFGR) PAGR Center, Kochi, Kerala Has Introduced India's First Ever Captive Breeding Protocol Developed For Black Collared Yellow Cat Fish (HORABAGRUS NIGRICOLLARIS) 

* Bihar Set To Gets First GHARIAL SANCTUARY In Gopalganj.

* Asian Waterbird Census Began In Coimbatore.

FIRST WILDLIFE HERITAGE SITE OF GUJARAT - 

* Gujarat Biodiversity Board Under The Gujarat Forest And Environment Department Has Declared The INLAND MANGROVE GUNERI Site In Guneri, Lakhpath Taluka Of Kutch District As Gujarat First Biodiversity Heritage Site.

MIXED - 

* Three Tigers Have Been Died Of H5N1 Or Avian Influenza Virus At Gorewada Rescue Center In Nagpur, Maharashtra.

*  Chhattisgarh Became The First Indian State To Link Forest Ecosystem With Green GDP.

ENVIRONMENT - 

*  Kerala's Kappad And Chal Beaches Gets Global Blue Tag Certification.

ODISHA LAKE BIRD CENSUS - 

* Odisha's Wetlands Witnessed Highest Migrated Birds With 16 Lakh Plus, 2000 Species And ( Hirakud 3,77,732) 

AWARDS - 

* HE Razan Khalifa AI Mubarak, President Of International Union For Conservation Of Nature Recognise In The Fin-Erth Women In Climate Awards 2024.

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FEBRUARY - 

4 NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* SAKKARAKOTTAI BIRD SANCTUARY ( TAMILNADU) 

* THERTHANGAL BIRD SANCTARY ( TAMILNADU) 

* KHECHEOPALRI WETLAND ( SIKKIM) 

* UDHWA LAKE, (JHARKHAND) 

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* The Annual Asian Waterbird Census In Kollam District Counted 11,525 Birds, (81 Species) Including 46 Migratory 

* Tripureshwari Duck Has Been Registered As The New Breed By ICAR 

*  Sikhna Jwhwlao Set To The 8th National Park In Assam.

* Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) Awarded The Prestigious SKOCH AWARD 2024 At New Delhi.

* Kerala Forest Department At Parambikulam Tiger Reserves In Palakkad Has Added 15 New Species.

* The First Breeding Site Of The Blue Cheeked Bee Eater - ( Merops Persicus) In Peninsular India Has Been Discovered In The Saltpans In The Aandivilai In Kanyakumari District.

* The Bacterium, Marinomonas Fungiae Sp Nov. isolates From Andaman Sea, 

* Researchers From NCPOR Goa Discovered 9 New Species In Indian Ocean.

VULTURE CENSUS - 

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13) Madhya Pradesh Become The State With Highest Numbers Of Vultures in The Country ( 12,981 In Recent Census)

NEW BACTERIA - 

*  BRIC- Institute Of Life Sciences, Has Discovered A Bacteria Named - THIOMONAS BHUBANESWARENSIS ( Named After Bhubaneswar City) Collected From Sediment Sample From Atri, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

* It Is An Aerobic, Obligatory Mixotrophic Moderated THERMOPHILIC Thiosulfate Oxidising Bacterium

* This Bacteria Can Be Utilizes In Bioleaching To Extract Metals From Sulphur Ores.

RARE FISH - 

* A Rare Humpback Angelfish Has Been Spotted Near The Surface Of The Atlantic Ocean Off The Coast Of Spain's Tenerife.

* UP Scientists Have Discovered Two New Species Of Dung Beetles, 

NEW BIRD SPECIES - 

* Four New Bird Species Have Been Sighted At The Periyar Tiger Reserves (PTR).

* BLUE THROAT  ( LUSCINIA SVECICA) 

* TAWNY PIPIT ( ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS) 

* ULTRAMARINE FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA SUPERCILIARIS) 

* REDBREASTED FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA PARVA) 

* Dr Krishna Chowlu, Researchers And Team In Arunachal Pradesh Has Discovered A New Plant Species Named - STROBILANTHES GIGANTEA, 

NEW COFFEE SPECIES - 

* A New Coffee Species Has Been Discovered In The Mouyouka- Kompina Forest Reserve In Littoral- Cameron.

ENDEMIC - 

* Saffron Reedtail Damselfly Discovered In Karnataka.

* Three New Species Of Dung Beetles Have Been Discovered (Genus Onitis) 

* ONITIS BHOMORENSIS ( Named After The Bridge Kolia Bhomora Near Its Collection In Tezpur, Assam) 

* ONITIS KETHAI ( Found From BRT Tiger Reserve, Named In Memory Of The Late Ketha Gowda ) 

* ONITIS VISTHARA ( Found Near Grassland Near Hesarghatta Lake) 

CENSUS - 

* According To The Census - Ganjam Has 8789 Blackbuck 

HOST - 

* Siem Reap, Cambodia Hosting The 4th Asian Elephant Range States Meeting.

NEW FLOWER SPECIES - 

* Researchers Have Discovered Two New Species Of Green Cardamom At Western Ghat Region At Kerala - 

* Elettaria Facifera 

* Elettaria Tulipifera 

* 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* India's Coast line Grew 47.6% From 7516 Km In 1970 To 11,098 Km In 2023/24.

* The Ministry Of External Affairs Has Confirmed That The Framework Agreement On Establishment Of The International Big Cat Alliance Has Officially Came Into Force From 23rd January 2025.

TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT - 

* SANDRA DIAZ 

( SERVING AS THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD) 

* EDUARDO BRONDIZIO 

( HE LEADS THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AT UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVES PROGRAME)

* Dr Dhitri Banerjee, Director Of Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 By The Society Of Biological Science And Rural Development, Lucknow.

* Biologist Purnima Devi Burman Has Win The TIMES WOMAN OF THE YEAR

MARCH - 

NEW SPECIES - 

* A New Bat Species Has Been Discovered By Global Research Team.
RESEARCH Team In Collaboration With Srilanka, India And Thailand Under The c SRINIVASULU, Head Wildlife Biology And Taxonomy Lab, University Osmania 

( NAME - HIPPOSIDEROS BRACHYOTUS) 

* The Two New Jumping Spider Species Have Been Discovered In Western Ghat.

* HABROCESTUM SWAMINATHAN ( In The River Bank Of Kunthi) Has Been Named After Dr M S Swaminathan 

* HABROCESTUM BENJAMIN ( Collected From THUSHARGIRI) Named After Suresh P Benjamin ( Srilankan Based SPIDER Specialist) 

* A New Round Worm Species Has Been Discovered By Odisha ZSI Team.

( NAMED CRASSOLABIUM DHRITIAE) 

* It Is Named After Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Chief Dr Dhriti Banerjee 

* Discovered In Keonjhar District, Odisha 

* A Wildlife Researchers Team Including Tejas Thackeray (Son Of Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ) Has Discovered Three New Species Of Bent Toed- geckos - ( Cyrtodactylus) From Nepal.

* Scientists From BRIC- DBT NCCS Pune Have Isolated And Sequenced A Novel Bacterial Species MARISEDIMINICOLA SENII Sp Nova From Antarctic Sediments.

* Researchers At National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources ( NBFGR) Under ICAR Has Discovered A New Species Of Congrid Eel 

*  Named After - Tamilnadu

* A New Species Of Spider Has Been Spotted In Amboli, Sindhurgarh, Maharashtra 

* SPECIES Name - Indothele Amboli (After Amboli) 

* Researchers From Berhampur University In Collaboration With ZSI Discovered A New Marine Parasitic Species in Odisha 

* Researchers Discovered A New Snail Species From Gireshwar Temple, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 

( Named After - THEOBALDIUS KONKONENSIS) 

 * Punjab Government Plans To Develop JHAJJAR- BACHAULI Wildlife Sanctuary As First Leopard Safari Destination State.

* Tamilnadu Launched The Hornbill Conservation Initiative To Protect Threatened Species In Western Ghats.

* Scientists From Department Of Entomology BHU (Agriculture) Have Discovered A New Species Of Insect ( NAMED AFTER - MAHAMANA PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA ) The Team Was Lead By Professor M Raghuraman.

 * New Wild Ginger Species, ZINGIBER JAGANNATHII, Has Been Discovered In Similipal Biosphere reserves In Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

RARE SIGHT - 

* India's Rarest Wildcats The Caracal Has Seen First Time Ever In Rajasthan ( At Mukundrahill Tiger Reserves) 

* For The First Time Eurasian Otter captured In Pune, Maharashtra

FIRST IN - 

* Darjeeling Zoo, West Bengal Has Became The First In India To Launch A Project To Preserve DNA Samples Of Wildlife In Hills.

* The Karimphuza Wildlife Sanctuary Have Reported 63 New Species Of Odonets, Butterfly, Bird's.

\NEW TIGER RESERVE IN INDIA - 

* MADHAV TIGER RESERVES Became The India's 58th Tiger Reserves, 9th Tiger Reserves For State Madhya Pradesh.

* Byrnihat, Assam- MEGHALAYA Border Town  Became The World's Most Polluted in 2025.

*  Union Minister For Forest Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav Has Shares The News Of First Captive Bred Great Indian Bustard Chick Of 2025.

 DOLPHIN CENSUS - 

India's First Ever Survey On River Dolphin Has Completed In Four States ( With 6300 River Dolphin).

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chaired The 7th Meeting Of The National Board For Wildlife At Junagadh, Gujarat.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* An Eminent Wildlife, Biologist, Dr Ajith Kumar Passed Away.

AWARDS - 

FIRST JADAV PAYENG AWARD ( FOREST MAN OPF INDIA) - 

Telengana Based Water Conservationist M Karunakar Reddy Received The First Award Named After Assam's Jadav Payeng ( An Environment Activist)

PERSON PASEE AWAY - 

* South African Conservationist Vincent Van Der Merwe, Known For PROJECT CHEETAH Has Passed Away.

* * Gunter Bloschl Wins The Stockholm Water Prize 2025.

APRIL - 

* KASAMPATTY Sacred Grove In Dindigul Declared Tamilnadu's 2nd Biodiversity Heritage Site. 

* Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Unveiled The North Bengal Black Flies Behind River Blindness Of Human.

* Odisha Government Notified Similpal National Park With An Area Of 845.70 Sq km (107th National Park Of India) 

* Known For Melanistic Tiger.

* BHITARKANIKA NATIONAL PARK - 16TH SEPTEMBER 1998 

* SIMILPAL NATIONAL PARK - 2025 

* SIMILPAL BECAME ODISHA SECOND NATIONAL PARK DECLARED.

* INDIA'S 107TH NATIONAL PARK.

 * Karnataka State Government To Make First Sanctuary For Haynes in Belghavi.

* A New Global Initiative Has Launched Called REVIVE OUR OCEAN On 24th April 2025 ( With A Goal To Scale Up Effective - Community Lead Marine Protected Areas) Through Local Action.

* Nepal Census The Snow Leopards In Country (Nearly 397 Snow Leopards) 

NEW SPEICES - 

* A Group Of Researchers Have Discovered a New Species Of DAMSELFLY In The Wayanad Landscape In Western Ghats, Kerala. 

(NAMED -  EUPHAEA WAYANADENSIS) 

* This Is The Kerala's 191st Odonate Species) 

* A Team Of Researchers From Ashoka Trust For Research In Ecology And The Environment (ATREE) Has Rediscovered A Long Lost Species (After 114 Years) Of The Velvet Worms ( Phylum Onychophora) In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) And Museum A KOEING In Germany Have Discovered Six New Beetle Species In North East. 

* Six New Species Of SERICINAE SCARAB Beetles Have Been Discovered From North East India 

SIX NEW SPECIES ARE - 

* Maladera Champhaiensis 

* Neoserica Churachandpurensis 

* Maladera Barasingha 

* Maladera Lumlaensis 

* Serica Subansiriensis 

* Maladera Onam 

* Researchers at The Centre For Peninsular Genetic Resources Kochi, Of The National Bureau Of Fish Genetics Resources Have Discovered Two New Species Of Fish In Western Ghats.

* LABEO URU 

* LABEO CHEKIDA 

( TAXONOMY OF LABEO NIGERSCENS) A Species First Describes In 1870 

* Scientists Have Discovered a New Species Of Frog In Assam's GARBHANGA Reserve 

( NAMED AFTER - LEPTOBRACHIUM ARYATIUM) 

In Honour To Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, Assam 

* New Mosquito Species Has Been Discovered In Srilanka.

* NAMED - CULEX ( LOPHOCERAOMYIA) CINCTELLUS. 

* Found In Colombo, Srilanka 

FIRST IN CAPTURE - 

* Buxa Tiger Reserve Along With Wildlife Institute Of India (WII) Captured The First Photographic Record Of The Spotted LINSANG ( PRIONODON PARDICOLOR) 

* A Rare Long Snouted Vine Snake Has Been. rediscover In The Dudhwa Tiger Reserves, Uttar Pradesh.

* Steppe Eagle Spotted For the First Time In Madurai, 

* The Small Hive Beetle (AETHINATUMIDA) Recorded In India' First time In West Bengal.

* Malabar Flash, a Reddish Dark Brown Butterfly Spotted in Nilgiri For First Time.

( RAPALA LANKANA ) 

* A Black Jackal Has Been Spotted In Baramati, Pune.

*

 A New Species Of Carnivorous Caterpillar Has Been Discovered On The Hawaiian Island.

* Scientists From CSIR -IHBT Palampur, Have Discovered A New Orchid Species (HEMIPILIA HIMALYENSIS) At Dibang Valley Arunachal Pradesh.

* POLYDENDRORHYNCHUS - a New Species Of Nemertea Identified At Bay Of Bengal  (HETERONEMERTEA) 

* A Joint Efforts By The University Of ARKANSAS (USA) And The Wildlife Institute Of India (WII) Discovered The Two New Species Of Fungi 

* XEROCOMUS GARHWALENSIS

* XEROCOMUS RISHIKENSIS

AT Banj Oak Forest In Himalaya.

NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - 

* Madhya Pradesh State Government Has Announced The State's 25th Wildlife Sanctuary After Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

AWARDS - 

* CSE Director General Sunita Narain Has Been Honoured With The Navbharat Navaratna Samman 2025 For Contribution In Environment Protection.

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Brazil Has Proposed The Creation Of A New International Body To Accelerate Global Climate Action.

* A Team Of Scientists Have Unearthed The Ancient Lagoon Ecosystem In Northern Patagonia.

( Chadititan Calvoi, A Newly Discovered Titanausur Discovered).

* Kerala And Tamilnadu To Conduct Joint Nilgiri Tahr Census 

* India And 62 Other Countries Voted In Favour Of The World's First Ever Global Carbon Tax Imposed On The Shipping Industry By The United Nations Shipping Agency.

*  Four New Fungal Species Of Genus CHLOROCIBORIA Have Been Discovered In South West China.

MAY - 

JANUARY - 

ASSAM FOREST REPORT - 

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Launched The Elephant Population Estimation (EPE)

* Assam Has Now 5828 Elephants 

* 5719 Elephants Were In 2017 Counts

* 

* India's First Ever Coastline Waders Bird Census To Be Conducted In Jamnagar, Gujarat From 3rd January To 5th January 2025.

* Uttarakhand Forest Department Establishes MAHABHARATA VATIKA. 

* Kerala Forest Department Has Announced A Mission Food, Fodder And Water Campaign To Tackle Human Wildlife Conflict In The State.

FIRST IN INAUGURATION - 

* Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Inaugurated State's First Elephant Rescue Centre At Shaheed Ashfaq Ullah Khan Zoological Park, Gorakhpur.

NEW SPECIES - 

* Researchers From Indian  Council Of Agriculture Research - NBFGR Identified A New Species Of Yellow Catfish HORABAGRUS OBSCURUS, in Chalakudy River, Kerala 

*  NEOLISSOCHILUS PNAR, The Largest Known Cave Fish Species Discovered In Meghalaya, Has Been Honoured As India's First Ever National CAVE Animal Of The Year By The Speleological Association Of India ( SAI). 

* Researchers Have Found Two Rare Order Neuroptera Species- Glenochrysa Zeylanica (FAMILY - CHRYSOPIDAE) And Indophane Barbara ( FAMILY -  MYRMELEONTIDAE )   - In Kerala 

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Discovered A New Species Of Pangolin In Arunachal Pradesh ( NAMED ON INDIA BURMAN BORDER) 

( Named After - Manis Indoburmanica) 

* * Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Have Identified 23 Species Of Blood Sucking Flies (13 Of Them Discovered First Time In Country In Andaman and Nicobar) 

* GARRA MAGNAROSTRUM - A New Species Of Cypirind Fish ( Teleostei Cyprinidae) At The Brahmaputra River 

* 2024 Was The Year Of Above 1.5 Degree C Above Temperature Recorded ( For The First Time).

* Indore, Madhya Pradesh And Udaipur, Rajasthan Have Joined The List Of 31 Wetlands Accredited Cities In The World's (First India) BY UNESCO 

IUCN - 

* The First Ever Multi Taxon Global Fresh Water Fauna Assessment For The IUCN Red List Of Threatened Species Has Been Identified In Western Ghats.

RARE - 

* A Rare Melanistic Leopard Spotted With Cub In Nayagarh District Forest In Odisha.

* Tripura Has Recorded Its First Ever Sighting Of The Rare Banded Royal Butterfly ( RACHANA JALINDRA INDRA) At Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary.

* The FIRST Photographic Evidence Of Elusive Palla's Cat (Manul) In Himachal Pradesh.

* Researcher Have Discovered The INDIAN SIPHONOPHORIDA After 77 Years (Species Name - SIPHONORHINUS PARAMBIKULUM) 

* GENUS - SIPHONORHINUS POCOCK)

* Found At Western Ghat, Kerala.

* Chinese Researchers Have Discovered a New Species Of RHODODENDRON In China's GUANGXI  ( Named - RHODODENDRON YUANBAOSHANENSE) 

ICAR - 

* Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR- NBFGR) PAGR Center, Kochi, Kerala Has Introduced India's First Ever Captive Breeding Protocol Developed For Black Collared Yellow Cat Fish (HORABAGRUS NIGRICOLLARIS) 

* Bihar Set To Gets First GHARIAL SANCTUARY In Gopalganj.

* Asian Waterbird Census Began In Coimbatore.

FIRST WILDLIFE HERITAGE SITE OF GUJARAT - 

* Gujarat Biodiversity Board Under The Gujarat Forest And Environment Department Has Declared The INLAND MANGROVE GUNERI Site In Guneri, Lakhpath Taluka Of Kutch District As Gujarat First Biodiversity Heritage Site.

MIXED - 

* Three Tigers Have Been Died Of H5N1 Or Avian Influenza Virus At Gorewada Rescue Center In Nagpur, Maharashtra.

*  Chhattisgarh Became The First Indian State To Link Forest Ecosystem With Green GDP.

ENVIRONMENT - 

*  Kerala's Kappad And Chal Beaches Gets Global Blue Tag Certification.

ODISHA LAKE BIRD CENSUS - 

* Odisha's Wetlands Witnessed Highest Migrated Birds With 16 Lakh Plus, 2000 Species And ( Hirakud 3,77,732) 

AWARDS - 

* HE Razan Khalifa AI Mubarak, President Of International Union For Conservation Of Nature Recognise In The Fin-Erth Women In Climate Awards 2024.

* 

FEBRUARY - 

4 NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* SAKKARAKOTTAI BIRD SANCTUARY ( TAMILNADU) 

* THERTHANGAL BIRD SANCTARY ( TAMILNADU) 

* KHECHEOPALRI WETLAND ( SIKKIM) 

* UDHWA LAKE, (JHARKHAND) 

* 

* The Annual Asian Waterbird Census In Kollam District Counted 11,525 Birds, (81 Species) Including 46 Migratory 

* Tripureshwari Duck Has Been Registered As The New Breed By ICAR 

*  Sikhna Jwhwlao Set To The 8th National Park In Assam.

* Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) Awarded The Prestigious SKOCH AWARD 2024 At New Delhi.

* Kerala Forest Department At Parambikulam Tiger Reserves In Palakkad Has Added 15 New Species.

* The First Breeding Site Of The Blue Cheeked Bee Eater - ( Merops Persicus) In Peninsular India Has Been Discovered In The Saltpans In The Aandivilai In Kanyakumari District.

* The Bacterium, Marinomonas Fungiae Sp Nov. isolates From Andaman Sea, 

* Researchers From NCPOR Goa Discovered 9 New Species In Indian Ocean.

VULTURE CENSUS - 

* 

13) Madhya Pradesh Become The State With Highest Numbers Of Vultures in The Country ( 12,981 In Recent Census)

NEW BACTERIA - 

*  BRIC- Institute Of Life Sciences, Has Discovered A Bacteria Named - THIOMONAS BHUBANESWARENSIS ( Named After Bhubaneswar City) Collected From Sediment Sample From Atri, Bhubaneswar Odisha 

* It Is An Aerobic, Obligatory Mixotrophic Moderated THERMOPHILIC Thiosulfate Oxidising Bacterium

* This Bacteria Can Be Utilizes In Bioleaching To Extract Metals From Sulphur Ores.

RARE FISH - 

* A Rare Humpback Angelfish Has Been Spotted Near The Surface Of The Atlantic Ocean Off The Coast Of Spain's Tenerife.

* UP Scientists Have Discovered Two New Species Of Dung Beetles, 

NEW BIRD SPECIES - 

* Four New Bird Species Have Been Sighted At The Periyar Tiger Reserves (PTR).

* BLUE THROAT  ( LUSCINIA SVECICA) 

* TAWNY PIPIT ( ANTHUS CAMPESTRIS) 

* ULTRAMARINE FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA SUPERCILIARIS) 

* REDBREASTED FLYCATCHER ( FICEDULA PARVA) 

* Dr Krishna Chowlu, Researchers And Team In Arunachal Pradesh Has Discovered A New Plant Species Named - STROBILANTHES GIGANTEA, 

NEW COFFEE SPECIES - 

* A New Coffee Species Has Been Discovered In The Mouyouka- Kompina Forest Reserve In Littoral- Cameron.

ENDEMIC - 

* Saffron Reedtail Damselfly Discovered In Karnataka.

* Three New Species Of Dung Beetles Have Been Discovered (Genus Onitis) 

* ONITIS BHOMORENSIS ( Named After The Bridge Kolia Bhomora Near Its Collection In Tezpur, Assam) 

* ONITIS KETHAI ( Found From BRT Tiger Reserve, Named In Memory Of The Late Ketha Gowda ) 

* ONITIS VISTHARA ( Found Near Grassland Near Hesarghatta Lake) 

CENSUS - 

* According To The Census - Ganjam Has 8789 Blackbuck 

HOST - 

* Siem Reap, Cambodia Hosting The 4th Asian Elephant Range States Meeting.

NEW FLOWER SPECIES - 

* Researchers Have Discovered Two New Species Of Green Cardamom At Western Ghat Region At Kerala - 

* Elettaria Facifera 

* Elettaria Tulipifera 

* 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* India's Coast line Grew 47.6% From 7516 Km In 1970 To 11,098 Km In 2023/24.

* The Ministry Of External Affairs Has Confirmed That The Framework Agreement On Establishment Of The International Big Cat Alliance Has Officially Came Into Force From 23rd January 2025.

TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT - 

* SANDRA DIAZ 

( SERVING AS THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD) 

* EDUARDO BRONDIZIO 

( HE LEADS THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AT UNESCO BIOSPHERE RESERVES PROGRAME)

* Dr Dhitri Banerjee, Director Of Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 By The Society Of Biological Science And Rural Development, Lucknow.

* Biologist Purnima Devi Burman Has Win The TIMES WOMAN OF THE YEAR

MARCH - 

NEW SPECIES - 

* A New Bat Species Has Been Discovered By Global Research Team.
RESEARCH Team In Collaboration With Srilanka, India And Thailand Under The c SRINIVASULU, Head Wildlife Biology And Taxonomy Lab, University Osmania 

( NAME - HIPPOSIDEROS BRACHYOTUS) 

* The Two New Jumping Spider Species Have Been Discovered In Western Ghat.

* HABROCESTUM SWAMINATHAN ( In The River Bank Of Kunthi) Has Been Named After Dr M S Swaminathan 

* HABROCESTUM BENJAMIN ( Collected From THUSHARGIRI) Named After Suresh P Benjamin ( Srilankan Based SPIDER Specialist) 

* A New Round Worm Species Has Been Discovered By Odisha ZSI Team.

( NAMED CRASSOLABIUM DHRITIAE) 

* It Is Named After Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Chief Dr Dhriti Banerjee 

* Discovered In Keonjhar District, Odisha 

* A Wildlife Researchers Team Including Tejas Thackeray (Son Of Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ) Has Discovered Three New Species Of Bent Toed- geckos - ( Cyrtodactylus) From Nepal.

* Scientists From BRIC- DBT NCCS Pune Have Isolated And Sequenced A Novel Bacterial Species MARISEDIMINICOLA SENII Sp Nova From Antarctic Sediments.

* Researchers At National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources ( NBFGR) Under ICAR Has Discovered A New Species Of Congrid Eel 

*  Named After - Tamilnadu

* A New Species Of Spider Has Been Spotted In Amboli, Sindhurgarh, Maharashtra 

* SPECIES Name - Indothele Amboli (After Amboli) 

* Researchers From Berhampur University In Collaboration With ZSI Discovered A New Marine Parasitic Species in Odisha 

* Researchers Discovered A New Snail Species From Gireshwar Temple, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 

( Named After - THEOBALDIUS KONKONENSIS) 

 * Punjab Government Plans To Develop JHAJJAR- BACHAULI Wildlife Sanctuary As First Leopard Safari Destination State.

* Tamilnadu Launched The Hornbill Conservation Initiative To Protect Threatened Species In Western Ghats.

* Scientists From Department Of Entomology BHU (Agriculture) Have Discovered A New Species Of Insect ( NAMED AFTER - MAHAMANA PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA ) The Team Was Lead By Professor M Raghuraman.

 * New Wild Ginger Species, ZINGIBER JAGANNATHII, Has Been Discovered In Similipal Biosphere reserves In Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

RARE SIGHT - 

* India's Rarest Wildcats The Caracal Has Seen First Time Ever In Rajasthan ( At Mukundrahill Tiger Reserves) 

* For The First Time Eurasian Otter captured In Pune, Maharashtra

FIRST IN - 

* Darjeeling Zoo, West Bengal Has Became The First In India To Launch A Project To Preserve DNA Samples Of Wildlife In Hills.

* The Karimphuza Wildlife Sanctuary Have Reported 63 New Species Of Odonets, Butterfly, Bird's.

\NEW TIGER RESERVE IN INDIA - 

* MADHAV TIGER RESERVES Became The India's 58th Tiger Reserves, 9th Tiger Reserves For State Madhya Pradesh.

* Byrnihat, Assam- MEGHALAYA Border Town  Became The World's Most Polluted in 2025.

*  Union Minister For Forest Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav Has Shares The News Of First Captive Bred Great Indian Bustard Chick Of 2025.

 DOLPHIN CENSUS - 

India's First Ever Survey On River Dolphin Has Completed In Four States ( With 6300 River Dolphin).

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chaired The 7th Meeting Of The National Board For Wildlife At Junagadh, Gujarat.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* An Eminent Wildlife, Biologist, Dr Ajith Kumar Passed Away.

AWARDS - 

FIRST JADAV PAYENG AWARD ( FOREST MAN OPF INDIA) - 

Telengana Based Water Conservationist M Karunakar Reddy Received The First Award Named After Assam's Jadav Payeng ( An Environment Activist)

PERSON PASEE AWAY - 

* South African Conservationist Vincent Van Der Merwe, Known For PROJECT CHEETAH Has Passed Away.

* * Gunter Bloschl Wins The Stockholm Water Prize 2025.

APRIL - 

* KASAMPATTY Sacred Grove In Dindigul Declared Tamilnadu's 2nd Biodiversity Heritage Site. 

* Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Unveiled The North Bengal Black Flies Behind River Blindness Of Human.

* Odisha Government Notified Similpal National Park With An Area Of 845.70 Sq km (107th National Park Of India) 

* Known For Melanistic Tiger.

* BHITARKANIKA NATIONAL PARK - 16TH SEPTEMBER 1998 

* SIMILPAL NATIONAL PARK - 2025 

* SIMILPAL BECAME ODISHA SECOND NATIONAL PARK DECLARED.

* INDIA'S 107TH NATIONAL PARK.

 * Karnataka State Government To Make First Sanctuary For Haynes in Belghavi.

* A New Global Initiative Has Launched Called REVIVE OUR OCEAN On 24th April 2025 ( With A Goal To Scale Up Effective - Community Lead Marine Protected Areas) Through Local Action.

* Nepal Census The Snow Leopards In Country (Nearly 397 Snow Leopards) 

NEW SPEICES - 

* A Group Of Researchers Have Discovered a New Species Of DAMSELFLY In The Wayanad Landscape In Western Ghats, Kerala. 

(NAMED -  EUPHAEA WAYANADENSIS) 

* This Is The Kerala's 191st Odonate Species) 

* A Team Of Researchers From Ashoka Trust For Research In Ecology And The Environment (ATREE) Has Rediscovered A Long Lost Species (After 114 Years) Of The Velvet Worms ( Phylum Onychophora) In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Researchers From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) And Museum A KOEING In Germany Have Discovered Six New Beetle Species In North East. 

* Six New Species Of SERICINAE SCARAB Beetles Have Been Discovered From North East India 

SIX NEW SPECIES ARE - 

* Maladera Champhaiensis 

* Neoserica Churachandpurensis 

* Maladera Barasingha 

* Maladera Lumlaensis 

* Serica Subansiriensis 

* Maladera Onam 

* Researchers at The Centre For Peninsular Genetic Resources Kochi, Of The National Bureau Of Fish Genetics Resources Have Discovered Two New Species Of Fish In Western Ghats.

* LABEO URU 

* LABEO CHEKIDA 

( TAXONOMY OF LABEO NIGERSCENS) A Species First Describes In 1870 

* Scientists Have Discovered a New Species Of Frog In Assam's GARBHANGA Reserve 

( NAMED AFTER - LEPTOBRACHIUM ARYATIUM) 

In Honour To Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati, Assam 

* New Mosquito Species Has Been Discovered In Srilanka.

* NAMED - CULEX ( LOPHOCERAOMYIA) CINCTELLUS. 

* Found In Colombo, Srilanka 

FIRST IN CAPTURE - 

* Buxa Tiger Reserve Along With Wildlife Institute Of India (WII) Captured The First Photographic Record Of The Spotted LINSANG ( PRIONODON PARDICOLOR) 

* A Rare Long Snouted Vine Snake Has Been. rediscover In The Dudhwa Tiger Reserves, Uttar Pradesh.

* Steppe Eagle Spotted For the First Time In Madurai, 

* The Small Hive Beetle (AETHINATUMIDA) Recorded In India' First time In West Bengal.

* Malabar Flash, a Reddish Dark Brown Butterfly Spotted in Nilgiri For First Time.

( RAPALA LANKANA ) 

* A Black Jackal Has Been Spotted In Baramati, Pune.

*

 A New Species Of Carnivorous Caterpillar Has Been Discovered On The Hawaiian Island.

* Scientists From CSIR -IHBT Palampur, Have Discovered A New Orchid Species (HEMIPILIA HIMALYENSIS) At Dibang Valley Arunachal Pradesh.

* POLYDENDRORHYNCHUS - a New Species Of Nemertea Identified At Bay Of Bengal  (HETERONEMERTEA) 

* A Joint Efforts By The University Of ARKANSAS (USA) And The Wildlife Institute Of India (WII) Discovered The Two New Species Of Fungi 

* XEROCOMUS GARHWALENSIS

* XEROCOMUS RISHIKENSIS

AT Banj Oak Forest In Himalaya.

NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - 

* Madhya Pradesh State Government Has Announced The State's 25th Wildlife Sanctuary After Baba Saheb Ambedkar.

AWARDS - 

* CSE Director General Sunita Narain Has Been Honoured With The Navbharat Navaratna Samman 2025 For Contribution In Environment Protection.

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Brazil Has Proposed The Creation Of A New International Body To Accelerate Global Climate Action.

* A Team Of Scientists Have Unearthed The Ancient Lagoon Ecosystem In Northern Patagonia.

( Chadititan Calvoi, A Newly Discovered Titanausur Discovered).

* Kerala And Tamilnadu To Conduct Joint Nilgiri Tahr Census 

* India And 62 Other Countries Voted In Favour Of The World's First Ever Global Carbon Tax Imposed On The Shipping Industry By The United Nations Shipping Agency.

*  Four New Fungal Species Of Genus CHLOROCIBORIA Have Been Discovered In South West China.

MAY - 

NEW SPECIES - 

* A 4 Years Old Girl Discovered PANGIO JUHUAE - The New Fish Species In Kerala ( NAMED After Juhu)

* Scientists From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Discovered A Unique Wild Banana Species From Andaman Islands 

Musa Indandamanensis L J Singh ( Musaceae) 

* 70 Orchids Species From 36 Genres Documented In kaziranga National Park, Assam.

* The EUTHALIA MALACCANA, A New Butterfly Species Of Subspecies - EUTHALIA ADONIA Found In Arunachal Pradesh In Leparada District - 

 

* A New Damselfly Species Caliphaea Sinuofurcata Has Been Discovered ( Common Name - Bearded Bronzeback) At Upper Siang Arunachal Pradesh.

* A New Species Of Cave Dwelling Fish Has Been Discovered By Research Team From Guwahati University. 

( located in Krem Mawjumbuin Cave, located in Meghalaya's EAST Khasi Hill District. 

* Researchers From NEIST & UPPSALA University Have Found a New Alpine Plant Species, KOENIGIA ARUNACHALENSIS, At Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

RARE - 

* For The First Time India's Lepidopteran Records, The European Red Admiral ( VANESSA ATALANTA) A Migratory Butterfly Species Has Been Documented in Himachal Pradesh

* First Ever Clouded Leopards Preying Capture On Slow loris, Assam.

* After 110 Years a Lost Species Named - MORINGUA HODGARTI - (Ophichthys HODGARTI) Has Been Rediscover In Siang Valley 

* A Rare Lizard Species ( CALOTES ZOLAIKING) First Time Recorded In Meghalaya ( first Seen In Mizoram In 2019) 

* Rare Arctic Bird Sabines Gull Spotted At Gujarat 

16th Lion Population Estimation 2025 - 

* Gujarat Has Recorded 891 Lion Population ( 32% Increase Since Last Census) 

* 304 Lions in 1995 

* 359 Lions in 2005 

* 523 Lions in 2015 

* 674 Lions in 2020 

* 891 Lions In 2025 

MALE -  196 

FEMALE - 330 

SUB- ADULT  - 140 

CUB- 225 

AWARDS - 

* Divya Karnad Has Being Named As The WINGS WOMAN OF DISCOVERY 2025, in her Work in The Marine Conservation In South Asia.

* Tamilnadu Witnesses Record Of 2.29 lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Hatchling In This Season.

* Madhya Pradesh Set To Became India's First State To Conduct Snake Census.

* Uttar Pradesh Government Has Launched India's First Vistadome Jungle Safari Train Connecting Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary And Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.

* 

* Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Pattnaik Has Presented The LAND OF RISING SUN - Plaque To Dr Krishna Chowlu, ( Botanical Survey Of india BSI) For Her Outstanding Work in Discovery of Rare Orchid Species In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Among The All States Assam Recorded The Highest Tree Cover Loss Between 2001 And 2024, Loosing 3,40,000 Hectares 

*  India Is Lost 18,200 Hectares Of Primary FOREST In 2024. 

* Former Indian Cricketer Anil Kumble Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of The Karnataka Forest Department And For Wildlife Conservation.

ENVIRONMENTS - 

* Government Of Karnataka Notified HESSARGHATTA Grassland As Its Conservation Reserve.

* The 5th Edition Of Big Cat Magazine, A Collaboration between IBCA And Sankala India Was Released By World Bank Head Ajay Banga.

 * Seven Beaches Of Maharashtra Gets Blue Flag Tag.

* Indian Coast Guard started OPERATION OLIVIA - To Protect Olive Ridley Turtles ( Coastal areas) 

* 6.98 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Protected 

 * Tamilnadu Has Created a New Mangrove Forest Near Buckingham Canal In Khazzipattur, Chennai.

* India's Coastline Has Increases At 11,098.81 Km ( Gujarat Has 2340.62 From 1600 Km) Longest Of India.

* India Launched The One Nation, One Mission End Plastic Pollution 

* Radheshyam Bishnoi, An Conservationist From Rajasthan Passed Away. 

* Noted Wildlife And Tiger Conservationist Valmik Thapar Passed away 

UNESCO LIST - 

* Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserves Enters UNESCO List.

KOZHIKODE NEW FLOWER,TREE - 

FOREST MINISTER A K SASEENDRAN ANNOUNCED THE KOZHIKODE NEW - 

* MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM ( ATHIRANI) - AS OFFICIAL DISTRICT FLOWER 

* CYEX ERITHACA (MENIPONMAN) - Official District Bird 

* PACHLIOPTA PANDIYANA ( MALABAR ROSE) - OFFICIAL BUTTERFLY 

* HOPEA EROSA (THEYYAKAM) - OFFICIAL DISTRICT TREE 

* CYCAS CIRCINALIS (EENTHU) - OFFICIAL HERITAGE TREE 

* LUTROGALE PERSPICIllATA (otter) - Official Aquatics Animal 

* PANJIO BHUJIA - ( PATHALA POONTHARAKAN) - OFFICIAL DISTRICT FISH 

* MANIS CRASSICAUDATA (INDIAN PANGOLIN) - OFFICIAL ANIMAL 

*

WHITLEY

 AWARDS - 

* FARINA OTHMAN (Malaysia) - Protection In Bornean Elephant 

* ANDRES LINK ( Colombia) - For Project Canopy Corridor ( Brown Spider Monkey)

* Reshu BASHYAL (Nepal) - Restore 1000+ Acres Plant species, Orchid Plants 

* YARA BARROS ( Brazil) - Protecting Jaguar In Iguacu National Park 

* FEDERICO KACOLIRIS ( Argentina) - Protection The Endemic And Endangered EI RINCON Stream Frog ( SOMUNCURA PLATEAU) 

* RAHAYU OKTAVINI (Indonesia) - Protection In Endangered JAVAN GIBBON 

* WHITLEY GOLD AWARD - Dr Olivier Nsengimana ( For Protection In The Grey Crowned Cranes) Rwanada 

JUNE - 

RARE SPOT - 

* A Rare Melanistic Black Leopard has Been Spotted At Pench Tiger Reserve, 

* The Caspian Gull Rare Sight At Kozhikode AT KAPPAD  BEACH 

* A Rare Black Panther Has Been Spotted At Manas National Park, Assam 

* National Bird Of Thailand The Siamese Fireback Spotted For The First Time In Ranikhet, Uttarakhand.

* Rare Sighting Of Endangered Malbar Tree Toad Tillari Conservation Reserve, Sindhurgarh, Maharashtra .

 * Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh Has Declared The Best Habitat Of Tigers.

* 10,2485 Herbivores Animals Recorded (Most) 

NEW SPECIES - 

Scientists From Zoological Survey Of india (ZSI) Have Discovered a New Species Of Cryptic Cascade - Dwelling Frog From Shillong, Meghalaya 

( NAMED - AMOLOPS SHILLONG) 

* The Two New Species Of Cyprinids Fishes Labeo Uru And Labeo Chekida Are Describe in Western Ghats 

* A New Species Of Bat Has Been Discovered In The Himalyan ( Long Tailed Myotis - Named - MYOTIS HIMALAICUS) .

* A New Planarian Worm Species, DUGESIA PUNENSIS Has Been Discovered At Pashan Lake, Pune.

( The Freshwater Flatworm) 

* This Is The First Planarian Species Recorded Since 1983 

* It Regrowing 10-13 Days 

* A New Blind Cave Dwelling Fish Species SCHISTURA DENSICLAVA Found In Meghalaya 

* A Rare Chinese Rose Windmill ( Papilio Genestieri) Has Been Recorded In Shi -Yomi District In Arunachal Pradesh 

PLANT SPECIES - 

* A New Etendrillate Species Has Been Discovered At Narmada, Gujarat.

( Named - Cyphostemma Namonarmadense) (Vitaceae) 

* Genus - CYPHOSTEMMA 

* Species Named After Prime minister  Narendra Modi 

* A New Flowering Plant Species PORTULACA BHARAT Discovered In Aravali hills Near Jaipur, ( List Added In Endemic) 

* The Plant Is Discovered Under The Leadership Of Nishant Chauhan, a Committee Member Of Satpura Biodiversity Conservation Society (SCBC) 

* The Genus Portulaca Has Been Finds 153 Species in World 

* In India 11 Species Are Located, Can See At Dry And Semi - Arid Habitat 

* Dr Vikas Kumar And His Team Guidance A New Plant Species Has Been Discovered At Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh 

* Species Name - CREMANTHODIUM 

* FAMILY - ASTERACEAE 

* BEGONIA NYISHIORUM - A Crimson Fingered Discovered In East Kameng ( Named After Nyishi Tribe ) in Arunachal Pradesh.

ENVIRONMENTS - 

* 2 NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

Government Of India Added Two New Ramsar Sites, 91 Total RAMSAR SITES (Wetlands) In India.

* Khichan, In Phalodi Rajasthan 

* Menar, Udaipur Rajasthan 

*  Tamilnadu Officially Announced The DHANUSHKODI Greater Flamingo Sanctuary. (524.78 Hectares) 

128 Species Of Birds & 47 Plant Species) 

* 

NEW FUNGI - 

* Fusarium Kamalianum, a Fungal Species From The Fusarium Oxysporum Complex Was Isolates From Infected Bamboo ( Chamaedorea Seifrizzi) 

* A Fungal Species Alanomyces Manoharacharyi, Discovered An Endophyte From Azadirachta Indica Bark, In Mulshi, Maharashtra.

*  GENUS - ALANOMYCES 

* FOUND IN AZADIRACHTA INDICA BARK '

* IDENTIFIED ON THE BASIS OF ASEXUAL MORPHOLOGY 

* India's First Butterfly Sanctuary Inaugurated In Kerala Arlam Sanctuary.

AWARDS - 

* Philosopher and Author ACHARYA PRASANTH Honoured With The Most Impactful Environmentalist Award On World Environment day.

* Indian Top Five States With Environment Ranking 

* Andhra Pradesh 68.38 

* Karnataka 67.39 

* Kerala 66.62 

* Gujarat 66.24 

* Goa 65.23 

PESON PASSED AWAY - 

* * MARUTI BHUJANGRAO CHITAMPALLI 

* AN WILDLIFE ENVIRONMENTALIST, AUTHOR OF MANY BOOKS 

* BORN ON - 5Th NOVEMBER 1932 

* DIED ON - 18TH JUNE 2025 

AWARDS - 

* IN 2017 VINDA KARANDIKAR MEMORIAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 

* IN 2025 PADMASHREE 

BOOKS - 

* AUTOBIOGRAPHY (CHAKVA CHANDAN) : EK VANOPANISHADA 

* RATAWA 

* RANVATA 

* NILAWANTI 

* PRANI KOSH 

* PAKSHIKOSH 

* SWARAN GARUD 

* NISARGAWACHAN 

* SHABDANCHE DHAN 

* JANGALCE DENE 

* MRUGAPAKSHISASTHRA 

* KESHARACHA PAUS 

* GHARATYA PALIKEDE 

* ANANDADAYI BAGLE 

* PAKSHI JAYA DIGANTARA 

* CHITRAGRIWA: EKA KABUTRAI CHA KATHA 

* NAVEGAON BANDHCHE DIWAS - 

* CHAITRAPALAWAI 

* AN INTRODUCTION TO MRUGAPAKSHISASTHRA 

* 

WORKED AS - 

* MAHARSHTRA STATE GOVERNMENT FOREST SERVICE 

* RETIRED AS DEPUTY CHIEF MAHARSHTRA FOREST DEPARTMENT 

AWARDS - 

PARYAVARAN BHUSAN AWARDS - 

* EMINENT ENGINEERING SCIENTIST PROFESSOR GANPATI D YADAV HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS PARYAVARAN BHUSAN AWARD 

* THIS AWARD IS JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE MAHARASHTRA POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD (MPCB) And The ENVIRONMENT CLUB OF INDIA IN JULY 

* PROFESSOR G D YADAV Former Vice Chancellor OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (ICT MUMBAI) 

* CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE CHAIR UNDER GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.

* 

JULY - 

NEW SPECIES - 

* AMOLOPS COPE ( Amphibia Anura: Ranidae) Has Been Discovered In Meghalaya 

* A New Cryptic Species Of Frog

* From East Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya 

* Pethia Dibrugarhensis, a New Species Of Barb Is Described From The Brahmaputra River, Dibrugarh, Assam.

* Barilius Imphalensis, a New Species Of danioid Is Described From The Imphal River, In Manipur 

* * New EEL Species Has Discovered By ICAR - National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources 

* Named - FACCIOLLEA SMITHI 

From Arabian Sea, Kerala Coast 

* Nettastomatidae Family 

* This Named After Dr David G Smith ( Ichthyologist) 

* Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Published The Study On AQUILARIA KHASIANA, a Critically Endangered AGARWOOD SPECIES, ( THYMELAEACEAE) 

* A NEW FLOWER SPECIES GARCINIA KUSUMAE ( BELONGS TO GENUS - GARCINIA) Popularly Called As THOIKORA IN ASSAMESE.

* THE FLOWER NAMED AFTER TO HONOUR KUSUM DEVI ( LATE MOTHER OF JAATINDRA SARMA, AUTHOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF ASSAM'S STATE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE) 

* IN INDIA 33 SPECIES AND 7 VARIETIES OF GARCINIA FOUND ( 12 in ASSAM) 

* MR SARMA BEFORE DISCOVERIES 

* AMOMUM PRATISTHANA ( After Her Daughter) 

* * A New Plant Species Belongs To GENUS - PINDA In The FAMILY - APIACEAE Has Been Discovered In Western Ghats 

* The Species Has Been Named PINDA MUKHERJEEANA In Honour Of Prasanta Kumar Mukherjee, An Eminent Botanist 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A LICHEN SPECIES NAMED - ALLOGRAPHA EFFUSOSOREDICA In Western Ghats.

* LICHENS A FUNGUS THAT OFFERS STRUCTURE AND PROTECTION AND A PHOTOBIONT ( USUALLY A GREEN ALGAE OR CYANOBACTERIA) 

* WHICH IS CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ( WHICH ABSORBS SUNLIGHT AND MAKE FOOD) 

* IT IS COMPARABLE RARE CHEMICAL TRAITS ( MEANS HARBOURING CHEMICAL CALLED NORSTICTIC ACID SIMILAR TO GENUS ALLOGRAPHA) 

* THIS IS FIRST DISCOVERY OF ALLOGRAPHA IN INDIA 

* 

* OLYRA SANCTA, A NEW SPECIES OF ANGUILLIFORM CATFISH HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TISSA RIVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* 

 * A New Butterfly Species ZOGRAPHETUS MATHEWI Discovered In Western Ghats.

( FAMILY - HESPERIIDAE ) 

* The NEW SPECIES HAS NAMED AFTER - GEORGE MATHEW ( Renowned Indian Entomologist And Former Head Of Entomology Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF DAY GRECKO HAS BEEN DISCOVERED ON THE BANK OF BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER IN ASSAM.

* THE SPECIES NAMED - CNEMASPIS BRAHMAPUTRA 

* METSCHNIKOWIA RATANII f a .sp.nov 

(AN ASCOMYCETOUS YEAST SPECIES ISOLATED FROM FLOWERS OF LANTANA CAMARA IN INDIA ) 

* THIS NAMED IN HONOUR TO RATAN TATA 

* 

* ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) DISCOVERED 4 NEW SPECIES OF MICROSCOPIC PARASITICS WASPS IN WEST BENGAL. 

a) IDRIS FURVUS 

b) IDRIS BIANOR 

c) IDRIS LONGISCAPUS 

d) IDRIS HYLLUS 

* GENUS - IDRIS FORSTER ( HYMENOPTERA, SCELIONIDAE) 

* LED BY SENIOR SCIENTIST Dr K Rajmohana 

* 

* RESEARCHERS TEAM MADHURIMA DAS OF ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA OF GUWAHATI BASED BIODIVERSITY ORGANISATION HELP EARTH AND MIZORAM UNIVERSITY & LAB HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FROG.

* GENUS - RAORCHESTES 

* TWO NEW FROGS NAMED AS - 

a) RAORCHESTES JADOH ( LANGTOR IN EASTERN WEST KHASI HILL DISTRICT) 

* JADOH, A POPULAR RICE AND MEAT DISH ( NAMED SPECIES AFTER) 

b) RAORCHESTES JAKOID ( FOUND IN EAST KHASI HILL DISTRICT AT LAWBAH) 

a,) PIC - RAORCHESTES JADOH 

* 

* THE TWO FROGS WITH UNIQUE CELL, MORPHOLOGY AND DNA STRUCTURE 

* * A NEW SPECIES OF FAIRY SHRIMPS GENUS STREPTOCEPHALUS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN NORTH WESTERN GHATS 

* A NEW SPECIES OF MILLIPEDE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DAHIVADI, SATARA DISTRICT IN MAHARSHTRA.

* SPECIES NAME - XIPHIDIGONUS SINISPINUS 

RARE - 

* A Rare Caracal Spotted In Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh.

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Dr G S Bharadwaj Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of Wildlife Institute Of India (WII).

ENVIRONMENT CA - 

* Kerala Has Been Ranked Best In The Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) 2020-2025 Of National Park, Conservation.

* State Wise Business Environment Ranking 2025-2029 

* 100 Years Old Elephant Named VASTALA Passed Away in Madhya Pradesh.

* An Eight Year old Cheetah Nabha Died In Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

* BRIC -NIPGR Has Developed The Highest GLUCORAPHANIN Producing BRASSICA CROP By Gene Editing 

* The Tamilnadu Government Has Announced The Establishment Of India's First Centre Of Excellence For Hornbill Conservation At Anamalai TIGER Reserve.

*  Zimbabwe Host The Ramsar COP15. 

* Nyandungu EO Park Of Rwanda Received 3 Global Awards at COP15 Ramsar ( HOST - Zimbabwe) 

* STAR WETLAND Centre 

* Centre For People 

* Award For Biodiversity 

* 

AUGUST - 

* A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* NAMED SMITHOPHIS LAPTOFASCIATUS 

* DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY.

* GENUS - SMITHOPHIS (RAIN SNAKE SO CALLED BCOZ IT OCCURS IN RAINY SEASON) 

* THIS IS THE THIRD SMITHOPHIS SPECIES DISCOVERED 

BEFORE - 

* SMITHOPHIS ATEMPORALIS 

* SMITHOPHIS MIZORAMENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FREE LIVING MARINE NEMATODE ROUND WORMS IN CHILIKA, ODISHA.

* SPECIES - GENUS - ADMINDARUS 

* SPECIES NAMED - ADMINDARUS ODISHAENSIS  (IN HONOUR TO ODISHA) 

* SUMAN PATRA LED THE TEAM 

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* PRIMULA INDICA ( PRIMULACEAE) A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DIBANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* A NEW SPECIES OF PINDA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TORANA FORT, PUNE 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO APIACEAE ( PINDA MUKHERJEEIANA) 

* NAMED AFTER P MUKHERJEEIANA 

FIRST GRASSLAND BIRD CENSUS - 

*  The First Ever Grassland Bird Census Held In Assam 

* Kaziranga Has 43 Grassland Bird Species 

* A RARE COLORFUL FUNGI HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE KAGAZNAGAR FOREST DIVISION IN KOMARAM BHEEM ASIFABAD DISTRICT, TELENGANA.

* THE SPECIES CALLED - PINKGILL 

* ACTUALLY ITS NATIVE PLACE WAS NEW ZEALAND.

* 

* ZEUXINE YONZONEANA: A NEW ORCHID SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL.

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR RAJENDRA YONZONE KALIMPONG (BOTANIST) 

* 

2ND EDITION OF NILAGIRI TAHR SURVEY 2025 - 

* THE SURVEY OF NILGIRI TAHR CONDUCTED IN BOTH KERALA AND TAMILNADU.

* 2668 NILGIRI TAHR CENSUS 

* 1365 TAHR FROM KERALA & 1303 FROM TAMILNADU 

* HIGHEST (841 NILGIRI TAHR) COUNTED IN THE ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK (ENP) KERALA 

( 827 in 2024 At ENP, KERALA) 

* IN KERALA 19 FOREST DIVISION CENSUS CONDUCTED 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar And Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Yadav Have Launched The MATRI VAN Initiative In Gurugram, Haryana.

* A Theme Based Urban Forest Spread Over 750 Acres In Aravali Region 

* 144 Newborn Endangered Nilagiri Mountain Goat Species Found in ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK.

AWARDS - 

* * ELEPHANT ATTENDENT SUMIT GOGOI & MAHOUT GANESH TAMANG OF NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, & TIGER RESERVE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH CONFERRED NATIONAL GAJ GOURAV AWARD 2025.

* THE AWARD IS PRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST.

* * DR DHRITI BANARJEE, DIRECTOR OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY SBSRD FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS FIELD OF ENTOMOLOGY AT 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS & DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

* Padmavathi, The OLDEST Elephant Of Mysore Zoo Passed away.

* Nepal Has Formally Joined The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 

*  Kuttimathan Kani, The Tribal Elder Who Revealed Kerala's Immortality Herb AROGYAAPACHA Plant Has Passed away.

* Manipur Zoological Garden (MZG) And India Turtle Conservation Programme (ITCP) Conducted The First Successful Artificial Incubation Of Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys Phayrei) 

* 

SEPTEMBER - 

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AN EDIBLE TUBER SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS ( WAYANAD DISTRICT IN KERALA) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO [  GENUS DIOSCOREA ] 

* THE SPECIES IS NAMED - [ DIOSCOREA BALAKRISHNANII ] 

Named AFTER ENVIRONMENTALIST AND CURRENT SECRETARY OF KERALA STATE BIODIVERSITY  BOARD Dr. V BALAKRISHNAN 

* THIS YAM SPECIES IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS CHOLA KIZHANGU, Among The KATTUNAYIKAR Tribes Of Wayanad.

* THE NEW SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD BY PICHAN M SALIM, OF MS SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION, WAYANAD.

* RESERCHERS FROM SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT (SEED) CHANGLANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH HAS DOCUMENT A ORCHID SPECIES.

* NAMED - GASTROCHILUS PECHEI (Rchb.f) 

* THIS ORCHID CHARACTERISED AS YELLOW SEPALS AND PETALS WITH A WHITE LABBELUM COVERED PURPLISH SPOTS. ..

* SPECIES FOUND IN MOIST EVERGREEN RAIN FOREST 

* AS OF NOW INDIA HAS 23 SPECIES OF GASTROCHILUS GENUS (16 IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

* 

* A NEW SPECIES OF CUSTARD APPLE DISCOVERD IN WESTERN GHATS 

* FAMILY BELONGS - ANNONACEAE) 

* NAMED - MILIUSA BEDDOMEI ( NAMED AFTER IN HONOUR TO R H BEDDOMEI) 

* 

* Dr Krishna Chowlu And Research Team HAS BEEN DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF ORCHID FROM MYODIA, DIBANG VALLEY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - HEMIPILIA BASIFOLIATA (FLORA)

* GENUS - HEMIPILIA 

* THIS SPECIES EARLIER KNOWN AS PONERORCHIS RCHB 

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES EUGENIA CRUCIFORMIS (MYRTACEAE) FOUND IN WESTERN GHATS.

* 

NEW ALGAE SPECIES - 

* A NEW SPECIES ( DEPARTMENT OF PHYCOLOGY) HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED AT KOTTUR, WESTERN GHATS.

* NAMED KUMANOA MANTRII 

* IT HAS BEEN RENAME AFTER DR VAIBHAV A MANTRI (Phycology Department AT CSIR) 

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM MACS - AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PUNE, MAHARSHTRA HAVE IDENTIFIED TWO NEW SPECIES OF ASPERGILLUS IN WESTERN GHATS.

* ASPERGILLUS SECTION NIGRI ( COMMONLY KNOWN AS - BLACK ASPERGILLUS ) 

* TWO SPECIES ARE - (1) ASPERGILLUS DHAKEPHALKARII & (2)  ASPERGILLUS PATRICIAWILTSHIREAE 

* BLACK ASPERGILLUS USED AS CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION, FOOD MYCOLOGY, FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE.

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW EDIBLE MUSHROOM SPECIES IN EAST KHASI HILLS, 

* FORMALLY NAMED - LACTIFLUUS KHASIANUS 

* NAMED AFTER TRIBAL OF KHASI ( TIT IONGNAH) 

* 

* A NEW SPECIES OF FUNGI DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) 

* SPECIES NAMED - BRIDGEOPORUS KANADII 

* 

NEW ANIMAL SPECIES - 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DOCUMENTED TWO RARE BUTTERFLY SPECIES AT KAMLANG TIGER RESERVE IN LOHIT DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH. 

* TWO RARE SPECIES - PIRDANA HYELA MAJOR ( GREEN VEIMED - PALMER) & SATARUPA GOPALA GOPALA ( LARGE WHITE FLAT) 

* 

* A NEW GECKO SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MONTENO FOREST, DIMA  HASAO DISTRICT ASSAM 

* A NEW BENT TOED GECKO SPECIES 

* NAMED - CYRTODACTYLUS VANARAKSHAKA ( VANA - FOREST & RAKSHA - PROTECTOR) 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER STATES FOREST DEPARTMENT 

* 

* * A NEW SPECIES OF FISH NAMED - PETHIA DIBRUGARHENSIS DISCOVERED IN BRAHMPUTRA RIVER IN ASSAM BY SCIENTISTS FROM ICAR - CIFRI & MANIPUR UNIVERSITY.

* THE UNIQUE BARB NAMED AFTER DIBRUGARH, ASSAM 

* DISTINCT BLACK BLOTCH NEAR THE TAIL 

* A RESEARCHER TEAM LED BY DR BUNGDON SHANGNINGAM, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT DHANA MANJURI UNIVERSITY, IMPHAL, MANIPUR IDENTIFIED A NEW FISH SPECIES IN MANIPUR. 

* FOUND IN TARETLOK RIVER, A TRIBUTARY RIVER OF CHINDWIN RIVER, KAMJONG DISTRICT 

* SPECIES GARRA NAMBASHIENSIS (LABEONINE) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF SISORID Catfish Has Been Describes FROM THE BRAHMPUTRA RIVER DRAINAGE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - GLYPTOTHORAX DIHANGENSIS 

* INDOREONEXTES MAHADEOENSIS , A New Species Of River LOACH Has Been Described From NARMADA RIVER BASIN, CENTRAL INDIA. 

* A TEAM OF WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WII) TEAM 

* 

* Team From Department Of Biotechnology Has Isolated A New Microbacterium Oryzae From Rice Field Soil, 

* * A NEW SPECIES OF FINLESS SNAKE EEL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN COACHEL COAST , TAMILNADU. 

* THIS SPECIES HAS NAMED AFTER KANYAKUMARI 

* GENUS - APTERICHTUS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM NATIONAL BUREAU OF FISH GENETIC RESOURCES ( NBFGR) KOCHI UNDER ICAR HAVE DISCOVERED THIS SPECIES 

* 16TH SPECIES DISCOVEREED IN KANYAKUMARI 

* A NEW BAT SPECIES OF HARPIOLA ISODON DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* THE SPECIMEN HAS COLLECTED FROM HMUIFANG VILLAGE,  AIZWAL MIZORAM IN MARCH 2025.

* UTTAM SAIKIA,FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) 

* SAIKIA COLLABORATION WITH GABOR CSORBA FROM HUNGARIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM , NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF GENEVA, AND ROHIT CHAKROBORTY FROM NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION - 

* THIS SPECIES FIRST DISCOVERD IN TAIWAN IN 2006.

* 

* A NEW GENUS OF 3 CRICKET SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KERALA 

* GENUS - AJARETA 

* THREE SPECIES ARE AS 

a) AJARETA KERVASAE 

b) AJARETA SAIRANDHRIENSIS 

c) AJARETA MERIDIONALIS 

 * Kaziranga National park Has Documents 283 Species Of Insects And Spiders including 254 Insects And 29 Spiders.

RARE SPOT - 

* The Rare Palla's Cat Has Been Recorded First Time In Arunachal Pradesh.

* A RARE LIZARD SPECIES SPOTTED IN ARALAM SANCTUARY & KOTTIYOOR SANCTUARY.

* RISTELLA BEDDOMII) ALSO CALLED BEDDOME's CAT SKINK 

( NAMED AFTER BRITISH NATURALIST RICHARD HENRY BEDDOME

* CNEMASPIS KOOTIYOORENSIS ( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED DISCOVER IN 2014) 

* 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* The Town Panchayat Of Elathur In Erode Has Been Notified As The Tamilnadu's 3rd Biodiversity Heritage Site.

* Elathur Lake Spread Over 37.42 hectares 

*  India's First Vulture Conservation Portal Launched In Assam ( THE VULTURE NETWORK) 

* Government Brings Major Reforms In Environment Compliance In The Form Of Environment Audit Rules 2025.

* Tamilnadu IFS OFFICER Supriya Sahu Has Launched The Book - WILD ANIMAL CARCASS MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 

* A NEW SPECIES OF CLIMACONEIS GRUNOW ( BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) ( CLIMACONEIS HETEROPOLARIS Sp. nov From South Western Coast 

* A newly Diatom Species Found 

* Discover By Agharkar University, Pune 

NOMINATE - 

* The Wildlife Institute Of India Has Proposed Living Roots Bridges Of Meghalaya For UNESCO - Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize ( For Safeguarding And Management Of Cultural Landscape) 

* 

AWARDS - 

* * INDIAN TO GET JOHN P MCNULTY AWARDS 2025.

* Dr KRITHI KARANATH, WILDLIFE LEADER GETS JOHN P McNULTY PRIZE.

* 

* Bhitarkanika National Park Has Recorded 1,30,796 Resident Water Birds Across 10 Species 

* 

AWARDS - 

* IFS Pawan Kaswan Has Received The Eco Warrior Award.

* * IFS OFFICER PRAVEEN KASWAN RECIEVED THE ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2025 ( FOR HIS WORK ON POACHING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN FOREST) 

* SCROLL's Vaishnavi Rathore Wins Global Climate Journalism Award 2025.

* ODISHA'S Similipal TIGER RESERVE Rare Black Tiger Has Been Feature In The Cover Of National Geographic In October 2025 Edition 

* Heidi Riddle Has Been Appointed As Chairman Of IUCN ssc Asian Elephant Specialist Group.

YOUNG CHAMPION FOR EARTH AWARD 2025 - 

* UNEP HONOURS 2025 YOUNG CHAMPION OF THE EARTH AWARD 

* JINALI MODI (INDIA) 

FOUNDER OF BANOFI LEATHER 

_ USES BANANA TREE FIBRES INSTEAD OF LEATHER 

* JOSEPH NOGUTHIRU ( KENYA) 

FOUNDER OF HYAPAK 

_ WATER HYACINTH Which Is GROWN IN NAEWASA LAKE USED AS DISPOSABLE BAG 

* NOAMI FLORIA ( USA) 

FOUNDER OF CYCLEAU 

* BY THIS PROCESS (RECYCLE) WASTE WATER CAN BE DRINKABLE WATER 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Dr. Kanad Das, Renowned Mycologist Has Taken Charge As Director Of Botanical Survey Of India (BSI).

* 

TWO NEW  RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 

* GOKUL JALASHAYA (BUXAR DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 448 HECTARES) 

* UDAIPUR JHEEL ( WEST CHAMPARAN DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 319 HECTARES) 

* Tamilnadu Added Over 2400 Hectares Of Mangrove in Last Four Years.

* A Historic Milestone For India, Natural Gas Has Been Discovered in Andaman Sea ( Vijaypuram 2) ( By Oil India') 

* * THE COLD DESERT BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN HIMACHAL PRADESH HAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNESCO WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES.

* HANGZHOU, CHINA HOST THE WORLD CONGRESS OF BIOSPHERE.

* ITS COVER 7770 Square Kilometre IN INDIA'S WESTERN HIMALYAN 

* The COLD DESERTS HAVE 

- Snow Leopard 

- Himalayan Ibex 

- Blue Sheep 

- Golden Eagle 

- 732 Plant Species 

- 30 Endemics Species 

- 

* IT INCLUDES PIN VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KIBBER WILDLIFE SANCTUARY.

* INDIA'S 13TH SITES IN THE GLOBAL NETWORK 

*  Scientists Have Documented a Total Of 13,253 Dragonflies And Damselflies in Census 2025

( Previous - 8,630 in 2024) 

* A Female Cub Mukhi Born At Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh ( India's First' Born Cheetah 

* Kerala Recorded 61 SPECIES At 18th Edition Of Fish Count.

*  CATAPLISMS: The Amazing Morphs Of The Golden cat Book Author - Sudarshan Shaw 

* 

OCTOBER - 

PLANT SPECIES - 

* A Researcher Team Has Discovered a Rare Coffee Plant Species ( OPHIORRHIZA ECHINATA) At Shola Forest In WESTERN GHATS,  Kerala.

* A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FLORAL SPECIES DISCOVERED FROM SHI YOMI DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* CAORYDALIS SHIYOMIENSIS (PAPAVERACEAE) 

* LISTED IN CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF WHITE FLOWER IN WESTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAME - CHLOROPHYTUM VANAPUSHPAM (SAFED MUSLI) 

* GENUS - CHLOROPHYTUM 

* FAMILY - ASPARAGACEAE 

* DISCOVERD IN IDDUKI DISTRICT VAGAMON HILLS, 

* SEEDS ARE 4-5 MM 

* FLOWER DURING SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 

* 

*  A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS LED BY BOTANIST PROFESOR DR K KOTRESHA FROM KARNATAKA SCIENCE COLLEGE, DHARWAD HAVE DISCOVERED 4 NEW SPECIES OF PLANTS IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA.

* ZEUXINE SEETHARAMII 

* OBERONIA MARNKULIENSIS 

* PARASOPUBIA GORENSIS ( NAMED AFTER GODDESS GORESHWAR TEMPLE) 

* UTRICULARIA KUMTENSIS

( THE PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AT KALI TIGER RESERVE IN UTTARA KANNADA DISTRICT HAS BEEN NAMED ZEUXINE SEETHARAMII ( BETAGERI & KOTRESHA) 

* A NEW BEGONIA SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - BEGONIA CHOWNA BUKU CHULU ( ARYARAKTA) means Nobel Red 

* NAMED IN HONOUR TO ARUNACHAL PRADESH DEPUTY CM CHOWNA MEIN.

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAS IDENTIFIED A PLANT SPECIES IN SONAI RUPAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN ASSAM.

* NAMED - ARDISIA ASSAMICA BARUAH, SAIKIA & DEVI 

* FAMILY - PRIMULACEAE 

* SUBFAMILY - MYRSINOIDEAE 

* A NEW SPECIES OF BALSAM HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WEST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - IMPATIENS RAJIBIANA CHOWLU 

( FAMILY - BALSAMINACEAE) 

* THE SPECIES HAS NAMED IN HONOUR TO DR RAJIB GOGOI, ( SCIENTISTS AT BSI, SIKKIM) 

* TETRATAENIUM MANILALIANUM, A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS 

* REASERCH BY AMRUTHA SUNDARAN &  K A SUJANA From BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, COIMBATORE AND ANOTHER TEAM FROM KERALA 

* IT IS A HERBACEOUS PLANT, 60-100 cm TALL 

* THIS PLANT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM ITS CLOSE RELATIVE T,SPRENGELIANUM 

* THIS SPECIES epithet - MANILALIANUM ( COMMEMORATE THE LATE PADMASHRI PROF K S MANILAL ( TAXONOMIST & HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT) 

* BOTANIST FROM DAVANGERE UNIVERSITY, ( ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SIDDAPPA B KAKKALAMELI AND RESEARCH SCHOLAR PRASHANT KARADAKKATI, HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA.

* FAMILY - MELASTOMATACEAE 

* GENUS - SONERILA ROXB ( ALREDY 46 SPECIES FROM THISE GENUS INDIA) 

* SONERILA BABABUDANGIRIENSIS  (At Baba Budangiri Hill Range DISCOVERD) 

* SONERILA GIGIANTEA ( Mallalli Falls Region Kodagu) 

* SONERILA CHARMADIENSIS ( Charmadi Ghat In CHIKKAMANGULURU) ( RHIZOMES CHARACTER PLANT) 

* SONERILA KONKONENSIS ( FOUND IN KAVALEDURGA SHIVMOGGA DISTRICT) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF AFROHYBANTHUS (VIOLACEAE) DISCOVERD IN TAMILNADU.

* 

* TWO NEW SPECIES   FIREFLIES SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN NILGIRI, TAMILNADU.

* LAMELLIPALPODES KURUMBA 

* LAMELLIPALPODES DEBPRASAMA 

* NAMED AFTER INDIGENOUS KURUMBA TRIBE.

* Two New Species Of Squarell Discovered In Himachal Pradesh 

* A NEW SPECIES OF HAIRY SNAIL HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TILLARI SEMI - EVERGREEN FOREST IN SINDHUDURG, MAHARSHTRA 

* SPECIES NAME - LAGOCHEILUS HAYAOMIYAZAKII 

* NAMED IN HONOUR TO - JAPANESE ANIMATOR HAYAO MIYAZAKI 

* FIRST KIND OF SPECIES IN THIS TYPE OF GENUS DISCOVERD.

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF FISH IN BAHUDA, GANJAM, ODISHA.

* SPECIES NAME - PSEUDORHOMBUS BAHUDAENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT (ATREE) BENGALURU IN COLLABORATION WITH LITIN COMMUNITY CONSERVATION SOCIETY HAVE DISCOVERED SIX NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES IN SIAANG VALLEY, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* LITIN ONYX ( Horaga takanamii) 

* Narrow Banded Royal ( Dacalana Vui) 

* Tibetan Sergeant ( Athyma Yui)

* Tibetan Duke ( Euthalia Zhaxidunzhui) 

* Mountain Columbine ( Stiboges Elodinia) 

* Tibetan Jungleequeen ( Stichophthalma Neumogeni Renqingduojiei) 

WASP SPECIES - 

* NESOLYNX BANABITANAE, A NEW SPECIES OF WASP HAS BEEN DISCOVERED 

* A HYPERPARASITOID WASP HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN WEST BENGAL 

* 

ELEPHANT CENSUS IN TAMILNADU & KARNATAKA - 

* Tamilnadu & Karnataka Records 3,170 Elephants in Latest Survey. (3rd Survey)!

( Previous CENSUS - 3063) 

- 3261 Sq. Km Area ( 26 Forest Division) 

- Eastern Ghats ( Nilgiri) Has 76% Elephants 

- 2nd - Anamalai And 3rd - Coimbatore 

- 1777 - Western Ghats 

- 1345 - Eastern Ghats 

LEOPARD CENSUS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH - 

* Himachal Pradesh Have 83 Snow Leopard in 2025 Census, 51 in 2021 

* A Rare Marble Cat Spotted in Manas National Park, ASSAM.

ENVIRONMENT - 

* JANE GOODALL PASSED AWAY.

* BORN IN 3rd APRIL 1934 

* DIED ON 1ST OCTOBER 2025 

AWARDS - 

* SHE WAS AN ENGLISH ZOOLOGIST, PRIMATLOGIST AND ANTHROPOLOGIST 

* SHE WAS EXPERTS IN CHIMPANZEE FOR OVER 60 YEARS.

* SHE WAS APPOINTED A COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) FOR SERVICES TO ZOOLOGY 

* IN APRIL 2002 SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN NAMED GOODALL A UNITED NATIONS MESSANGER FOR PEACE.

* TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENT ACHIVEMENT (1997) 

* THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOUR 

* MEDAL OF TANZANIA 

* KYTO PRIZE 

* BENZAMIN - FRANKLIN MEDAL IN LIFE SCIENCE 

* GANDHI - KING AWARD FOR NON-VIOLENCE 

* SPANISH PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARDS 

* IN 2022 SHE RECEIVED STEPHEN HAWKING MEDAL FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION 

* IN APRIL 2023 OFFICER IN THE ORDER OF ORANGE - NASSAU AT THE HAGUE, NEDERLANDS 

* JANUARY 2025 PRESIDENT MEDAL FROM US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN 

BOOKS - 

* 1969 ( MY FRIENDS THE WILD CHIMPANZEE) 

* BEHAVIOUR OF  FREE LIVING CHIMPANZEE (1966) THESIS 

* THE BOOK OF HOPE ( WITH DOUGLAS ABRAMS) 

* MY LIFE WITH CHIMPANZEE 

* THE TEN TRUSTS 

* 

FIRST IN - 

* Kaziranga Gets Back It's Bird - Painted Storks ( Mycteria Leucocephala) FIRST CAPTURE IN 4 YEARS 

* * THE NAGAMALI HILLOCK IN ERODE DISTRICT IN TAMILNADU GETS THE TAG OF BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG . 

* THIS IS THE 4TH BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG 

* RECENTLY TAMILNADU GETS HIS THIRD SITE IN 1ST SEPTEMBER 2025 

* UNDER THE ACT OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT 2002, 

* IT COVERS 32,22 HECTRES, DRY DECIDUOUS, THORNY AND SCRUB FOREST 

* 138 PLANT SPECIES, 118 BIRD SPECIES, 7 MAMMALS, 11 REPTILES, 5 SPIDER SPECIES, 71 INSECTS SPECIES 

* IT IS THE HISTORY NCLUDING IRON AGE CIRCLE, ANCIENT ROCK SHELTERS, AND A CENTURIES OLD STONE CRAVING. 

* Under The Tiger Projects- 

India Has Expanded Its Tiger Reserves From 9000 Sq. Km To 85000 Sq. km in 2025 

* India Has Now 58 Tiger Reserves 

* 3682 Tigers in India 

* Overall 5711 TIGERS IN WORLD 

* 

IUCN WORLD CONGRESS 2025 - 

*Abu Dhabi Host The 2025 IUCN World Conservation Congress. 

( THEME 2025 - Powering Transformative Conservation) 

*  India Unveiled The National Red List Roadmap And Vision 2025-2030 

* * First EVER IUCN Red List Assessment For The Indian Wolf ( Canis Lupus Pallipes) Now Listed As Vulnerable. 

* * ON THE IUCN WORLD CONGRESS OF CONSERVATION SUMMIT 2025 ( HOST - ABU DHABI) 

* KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK, FIELD DIRECTOR Dr SONALI GHOSH CONFERRED WITH THE IUCN KENTON MILLER AWARD 2035, FOR CONTRIBUTION TO PROTECTED AND CONSERVED AREA MANAGEMENT OF PARK.

* Armenia Became The Newest State Member Of The International Union For Conservation Of Nature (IUCN).

* IUCN Has Officially Named Humphrey Kariuki As Patron Of Nature 

*  IUCN Announced To Launch The New IUCN Rhino Approach (Rapid - High - Integrity Nature Positive Outgrowth At The IUCN Congress.

* India's Fisher Friendly Mobile Application ( FEMA) Has Win IUCN Tech 4 Nature Awards 

( For Its Effort To Saving Olive Ridley Turtle) 

* Forest Rangers Worldwide Honours For Ultimate Sacrifice in Protecting Wildlife At IUCN.( 13 FOREST RANGERS) 

* 27 New Sites Has Been Listed As IUCN Green List 

*  IUCN Congress HONOUR To Show The GUSTAVO FONSECA ( In Service Of Nature And People) 

* IUCN And MINISTRY Of Environment And Climate Change Of Mongolia Signed MoU To Strengthen Collaboration In Biodiversity Conservation.

* IUCN Announced Panama To Host The 2027 World Protected And CONSERVED Areas Congress.

* Vivek Menon Has Been Appointed As The New Chairman Of IUCN Species Survival Commission For 2025-2029.

* Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak Has ELECTED For 2nd Term As President Of IUCN 

* IUCN Puts Western Ghat, Manas National Park (ASSAM), And Sunderban National Park ( West Bengal) As Significant CONCERN List At IUC N World Heritage OUTLOOK 

BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION - 

* * BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION GIVEN BY DENMARKS FOUNDATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ( FEE) 

* 5 BEACHES OF MAHARSHTRA GETS BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION 

- SHRIVARDHAN ( RAIGAD DIST);

- NAGAON ( RAIGAD DIST) 

- PARNAKA 

- GUHAGAR ( RATNAGIRI) 

- LADGHAR ( RATNAGIRI DIST)

LADGHAR BEACH ( CREDIT - MAHARSHTRA TOURISM) 

* ) Chennai Hosts The Mangroves Conclave.

CENSUS - 

* 2nd Annual Reports On Gaur Reintroduction Plan ( June 2024 - June 2025) At Sanjay Tiger Reserves, Madhya Pradesh.

* Kolkata Business man Rajarshi Banarjee Wins The Prize At Global Big Cat Photography Competition 2025 ( First Prize/ 

* 

WILD ELEPHANT CENSUS - 

* 22,446 Wild Elephant Counted in India in 2025 ( KARNATAKA, ASSAM, KERALA) 

- Declined By 18% 

- 27312 In 2017 

- CENSUS By The All India Synchronous Elephant Estimation (SAIEE) 

* THIS WAS THE FIRST DNA Based Census 

( DNA BASED - This Is The Technique Involved Collecting Elephant Dung along Systematically Laid Trails, Genotyping Samples At 11 Microsatellite loci, And Mapping Each Sample To Unique Genetic Identity ) 

* 

* Mongolia Signed The Framework Agreement Of The International Big Cat Alliance

* Mangrove Ecosystem, Sunderban West Bengal Has Been Conferred Global Technical Recognition At AT FAO.

*  * 2025 P V THAMPY AWARD CONFERRED TO V RAVEENDRAN FROM THALASSERY, KERALA 

* HE PLANTED MORE THAN 5 LAKH MANGROVES SAPLINGS.

* 

* Former Chairperson Of Nepal Forum Of Environment Journalist (NEFEJ) Roshani Adhikari Pathak Has Been Elected As The Regional Council Member Of West And South Asia Of International Union For Conservation Of Nature For 2026-2029.

* The Population Of Endangered And Endemic Lesser Florican ( Kharmor) Has Reduced From 4374 (1982) To 200 in 2025 

* 

DR LILY MAZINDER BARUAH AWARD 2025 = 

* DR RAJIB GOGOI, SCIENTIST AT BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI), GANGTOK, SIKKIM HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH THE DR LILY MAZINDER BARUAH MEMORIAL SCIENTIST AWARD 2024.

* 

GLOBAL FOREST REPORT 2025 - 

* * HOST - BALI, INDONESIA 

* REPORT RELEASED BY FAO AT BALI 

* INDIA RANKED 9TH IN FOREST AREA GLOBALLY 

* INDIA RANKED 3RD GLOBALLY INTERMS OF ANNUAL GAIN 

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*  India Is Now 718 Snow Leopard Species Diversity, 477 in Ladakh.

* Dr Anoop S Mahajan Became The First Indian To Join The Atmosphere Assessment Team Of The Uarctic Climate Invention Project.

*  The Brown Breasted Flycatcher Has Been SPOTTED First Time In Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserves.

*  India's Mangrove Covers Approximately 4992 Sq km ( Andaman and Nicobar, Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal) 

* Dr. Velvizhi S ( Area Director Coastal And Marine Resources Programe, MSSRF) Received The HUAWEI TECH 4 ALL Tech 4 Nature Awards (SPECIES Conservation Category) 

*   A Total Of 235 Species Of Butterfly Including 35 Rare During 2nd WAKRO Butterfly Meet At Arunachal Pradesh.

* * PROFESSOR ROBERT B JACKSON 

( Department of Earth System, SCIENCE, Stanford University - Efforts To Reduce Green House Gases Emission Through Research On Carbon Cycle ) 

* DR JEREMY LEGGETT ( Founder And CEO Of Highlands Rewilding Limit) - Climate Change Risks Into Financial And Capital Markets 

* Elephant Number in Tamilnadu increases To 3170 In 2025 From 3063 in 2024 Census.

* * GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS ADDED ONE MORE WETLAND TO INDIA'S RAMSAR SITES ( NOW 94 WETLAND IN INDIA) 

* BIHAR HAS NOW 6TH RAMSAR SITES.

* GOGABEEL LAKE BECAME THE 94TH RAMSAR SITES OF INDIA. ( DECLARED ON 31ST OCTOBER 2025) 

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 IUCN Has Adopted The First EVER Global POLICY on Synthetic Biology And Nature Conservation.