WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN NOVEMBER 2025

* * RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) KOLKATA AND PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA HAVE FOUND A NEW SPECIES OF FRESH WATER CRAB IN EASTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAMED - PATITHELPUSA YERCAUDENSIS 

* GENUS - PATITHELPUSA 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN SHEVAROY HILLS, in YERCAUD SALEM DISTRICT 

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* * A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM MARINE SCIENCE, BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY AND HEMACHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, GUJARAT HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF MARINE AMPHIPODS SHRIMP LIKE CRUSTACEA FROM CHILIKA, ODISHA AND GULF OF KHAMBHAT GUJARAT RECENTLY.

* GRANDIDIERELLA GEETANJALAE ( FROM CHILIKA, ODISHA) 

( NAMED AFTER GEETANJALI DASH, VICE CHANCELLOR OF BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY) 

* GRANDIDIERELLA KHAMBATENSIS 

( FROM GULF OF KHAMBHAT, GUJARAT) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM MAHARAJA COLLEGE, KOCHI DISCOVERED FOUR NEW SPECIES OF LICHENS FROM WESTERN GHATS.

* PARMOTREMA SAHYADRICUM ( FROM WAYANAD) 

* SOLENOPSORA RHIZOMORPHA ( FROM ERAVIKULAM & MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

* BUELLOA GHATTENSIS ( MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

* PYXINE JANAKIAE ( MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

( LICHENS ARE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, SOME HAVE ANTIFUNGAL) 

* KERALA HAS NOW MORE THAN 800 LICHENS SPECIES. 

* RESERCHERS FROM SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL & TECHNICAL SCIENCES ( SIMATS UNIVERSITY) HAS DISCOVERD A JUMPING SPIDER IN WESTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAME - PILIA MALENADU 

* THIS SPECIES HAS REDISCOVERED AFTER 123 YEARS IN TROPICAL FOREST, WESTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER IT'S ORIGIN MALENADU REGION IN KARNATAKA 

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* RESERCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW HOYA SPECIES IN EAST KAMENG ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - HOYA CHINGHUNGENSIS 

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* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND WATER PENNY BEETLE IN BODI HILLS, TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES NAME - JAECHANAX KURANGANIENSIS  (SPECIES NAMED AFTER KURANGANI STREAM) 

* FLAT DISC LIKE SHAPE 

* TWO NEW SPECIES OF GREEN FAN  THROATED LIZARD DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* PTYCTOLAEMUS NAMDAPHAENSIS) - NAMED AFTER NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVE 

* PTYCTOLAEMUS SIANGENSIS) - FOUND IN SIANG RIVER BASIN 

* A TEAM FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) HAS DISCOVERD A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( WEST SIANG DISTRICT) 

* CRASSICAULIS MIDDLETONII ( SPECIES NAMED) 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - GESNERIACEAE 

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* A NEW SNAKE SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND.

* LYCODON IRWINI (SPECIES NAME) 

* THE BLACK WOLF SNANE HAS NAMED AFTER STEPHEN  ROBERT IRWIN (AN AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST) 

* LISTED IN ENDANGERED 

* RESERCHERS FROM PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY AND MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY, GERMANY HAVE FOUND FOUND THIS SPECIES.

* RESEARCHERS FROM POLLACHI INSTITUTION HAVE DISCOVERED A PLANT SPECIES IN ANAMALAI TIGER RESERVE (ATR) 

* SPECIES NAME - AFROHYBANTHUS MAHALINGAMII 

* FAMILY - VIOLACEAE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - IN HONOUR TO NGM INSTITUTION FOUNDER - N MAHALINGAM 

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* A TEAM OF ASSAM ZOO WITH BOTANICAL SURVEY TEAM HAS RELEASED RECORDED THE ASIAN WATER SNAKE ( FOWLEA PISCATOR) IN ASSAM.

* NON VENOUS SNAKE SPECIES 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH. (TIRUMALLA HILL RANGE) (SESHACHALAM BIOSPHERE RESERVES) 

* SPECIES NAME - ( HEMIPHYLLODACTYLUS VENKATADRI ) 

* IT IS THE 2ND HEMIPHYLLODACTYLUS SPECIES FOUND IN ANDHRA PRADESH.

* THE TROPICAL DRY DECIDUOUS FOREST 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER VENKATA HILL ( VENKATA MEANS - LORD VISHNU) 

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* SCIENTISTS FROM THE SHADPADA ENTOMOLOGY RESEARCH LAB ( SERL) AT CHRIST COLLEGE, HAVE UNCOVERED A NEW OWLFLY SPECIES IN KERALA AFTER 134 YEARS.

* FAMILY - MYRMELEONTIDAE 

* SPECIES NAME - PROTIDRICERUS ALBOCAPITATUS 

( IN 1891 IN WEST BENGAL PROTIDRICERUS ELWESII DISCOVERED) BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY MC LACHLAN DISCOVERED 

* ALBOCAPITATUS MEANS ( LATIN - ALBUS - WHITE & CAPITATUS - LONG TUFT ( 

* A RARE HIMALAYAN SHRUB HAS BEEN REDISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH AFTER 95 YEARS. 

* RHINACANTHUS GRANDIFLORUS .

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* 13 New Frog Species Have Been Discovered in This Year In North East States.

* A BSI TEAM HAS BEEN DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES 

* HOYADAWODIENSIS 

* HOYA YINGJIANGENSIS 

* SPECIES ARE DISCOVERD IN VIJOYNAGAR, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* ICAR - CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH KOCHI, HAS DISCOVERED A NEW DEEP SEA SQUID SPECIES - 

* TANINGIA SILASII 

* FOUND IN ARABIAN SEA 

* THIS IS THE ONLY 2ND SPECIES IN WORLD ( IN THIS GENUS) 

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* ARGOSTEMMA  SAWMLIANAE a New Plant Species From Family - RUBIACEAE Has Been Discovered In Mizoram.

RARE SPECIES - 

* The Indian Narrow Headed Softshell Turtle ( Chitra Indica) Listed in Endangered, Has Been Recorded First Time In Arunachal Pradesh.

* IPL 220- The New High Iron (73 ppm) And High Zinc 51 ppm) Variety Developed By ICAR- Indian Institute Of Pulses Research Kanpur.

Arka, Arina India's First Induced Mutant China Aster Variety Released Developed By ICAR 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Omkareshwar Sanctuary Has Been Notified After 40 Years

** GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NOTIFIED OMKARESHWAR AS 27TH SANCTURY OF MADHYA PRADESH.

* AREA - 611 SQ. KM COVERED THE FOREST 

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EARTH SHOT PRIZE 2025 - 

* * RE. GREEN ( BRAZIL BY HELPING OF AI INCLUDING ATLANTIC FOREST) 

* THE HIGH SEAS TREATY ( REVIVE OF OCEAN) 

* LAGOS FASHION WEEK ( NIGERIA) 

* FRIENDSHIP NGO ( BANGLADESH) 

* CITY OF BAGOTA ( CLEAN AIR) 

* International Union For Conservational Of Nature (IUCN) Rates Kanchenjunga National Park As Good 

* a Plant Species in Mizoram - O. Mizoramensis As CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Under The Latest IUCN Report 

* India's Asiatic Lion CENSUS 2025 

- 674 in 2020 

- 891 in 2025 

BLUE FLAG - 

* * KOVALAM BEACH IN CHENGALPATTU DISTRICT IN TAMILNADU EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS BLUE FLAG BEACH CERTIFICATION ( FOR 5TH CONSECUTIVE) 

* Kenya's Lake Turkana In News, it Has Been Shrunk in RECENT Times.

* * ON 13TH NOVEMBER 2025 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DECLARED THE SARANDA FOREST AS NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN JHARKHAND STATE.

* IT COVERS 314 SQ KM FOREST ( INCLUDING SAL ) 

* IT IS 26% OF IRON ORE FOREST COVERS IN INDIA.

* IT ACTUALLY CAME UNDER BIHAR ACCORDING 1968 ( JUSTICE I VINOD CHANDRAN) AS SARANDA GAME SANCTURY 

* THE SANCTURY HAVE ENDEMIC SAL FOREST TORTOISE, FOUR HORNED ANTELOPE, ASIAN PALM CIVET, WILD ELEPHANT 

* * SAALUMARADA THIMMAKKA PASSED AWAY ON 14TH NOVEMBER 2025.

* BORN IN - 30TH JANUARY 1911

* SHE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTIST FROM KARNATAKA.

* SHE PLANTED MORE THAN 8000 TREES.

HONOUR - 

* 1995 - NATIONAL CITIZEN AWARD OF INDIA 

* 2019 - PADMASHRI 

* 2010 - NADOJA AWARD ( HAMPI UNIVERSITY) 

* 1997 - INDIRA PRIYADARSHINI VRIKSHMITRA AWARD 

* 2000 - KARNATAKA KALPAVALLI AWARD 

* 2006 - GODFREY PHILIPS BRAVERY AWARD 

* PARISARA RATHANA AWARD 

* GREEN CHAMPION AWARD 

* HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA 

* AN U S BASED ENVIRONMENT ORGANISATION HAS NAMED - THIMMAKKA RESOURCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ( NAMED AFTER HER) IN CALIFORNIA.

* SAALUMARADA MEANS ( ROWS OF TREE IN KARNATAKA) 

* IN 2016 SHE HAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN OF THE WORLD ( BBC) 

* Slender Billed Curlew Officially Declared As Extinct.

* Dr. Shachi Singh, BOTANY Section, BHU University Has Received Woman Scientist Medal By Indian Botanical Society (IBS) 

* The Nehru Zoological Park Has Received The ISO 9001:2015 Certification.

*  Malaysia Has The New Member Of International Big Cat Alliance.

* Jakarta, Indonesia Ranked The Number One In Population Charts in 2025 (%) 

- Jakarta (41.9) 

- Dhaka (36.6) 

- Tokyo (33.4) 

- Delhi (30.2) 

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