WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN MARCH 2026

* Nine More Cheetahs Brought From Botswana To Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

*  Andhra Pradesh Launched The HANUMAN Project, To Reduce Human - Wildlife Conflict.

* Coimbatore MP Ganapathy P Rajkumar Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Nilgiri Tahr Conservation Centre.

* 22,293 Hectares Forest Fires In Last 3 Years In Odisha 

* 2193 Crocodile In Odisha ( Rises 3.54%) 

* 192 Bird Species Recorded In Kerala SILENT VALLEY 

* Madhya Pradesh 's Nauradehi SANCTURY To Became Third Cheetah Habitat In India.

* India Submit  the 7th National Report To Convention On Biological Diversity 

* Scientist SHALINI DHYANI Became The First Indian WOMAN To Join Global Biodiversity Panel 

* India's Forest Cover (2014-2026) 

* Supriya Sahu Has Been Appointed As The WWF - INDIA Global Ambassador For Earth Hour In Tamilnadu 

* GIB Chick  Hatches Has Been Spotted In Gujarat After 10 Years 

BOOKS - 

* FOSSILS OF ARABIA Book Author - Mike Stephenson 

** NOTED ORCHID EXPERT DR. MOHAN PRADHAN FROM SIKKIM HAS CREATED HYBRID ORCHID SPECIES - SEUJIA KAZIRANGA ..

 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY,  M E S MAMPAD COLLEGE, AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION TRUST HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW EARTHWORM SPECIES, AT WESTERN GHATS 

* SPECIES NAME 

* MONILIGASTER GIRISHI ( SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR P GIRISH KUMAR) 

* DRAWIDA REYNOLDSI ( IN HONOUR TO DR JOHN WARREN ( 

* DISCOVERED IN SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, KERALA 

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* * RESEARCHERS FROM SIKKIM UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ASIAN GRASS LIZARD SPECIES IN MANAS BIOSPHERE IN ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - TAKYDROMUS ULTAPANENSIS 

* NAMED AFTER ULTAPANI RESERVE FOREST IN KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT 

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* * SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED SIX NEW DAMSELFLY SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND NAGALAND 

* SPECIES ARE 

* CALICNEMIA ARDENA 

* CALICNEMIA ARUNACHALA 

* CALICNEMIA FLAVOVITTATA 

* CALICNEMIA MIMUMKOA 

* CALICNEMIA NAGA 

* CALICNEMIA RUBROMACULA 

* COELICCIA MAGNA 

* INDIA HAS NOW MOST SPECIES (14) OF CALICNEMIA 

* * RESEARCHERS  FROM GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES ( FLOWER) IN GRASSLAND OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAME - OSBECKIA ZUBEENGARGIANA 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO MELASTOMATACEAE 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES IN PUSHPAGIRI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KARNATAKA. 

* SPECIES NAME - VAGINATISPORA BHARATENSIS. ( NAMED AFTER BHARAT ( INDIA) 

* Kaziranga, Assam All WOMEN Banadurga Team Wins Environment Protection Award 

*  HENCKELIA MONOPHYLLA, A Rare Endemic Plant Species Has Been Spotted In Arunachal Pradesh After 189 Years.

* Rare Thread Legged Assassin Bug Has DISCOVERD At Limestone Caves In Andaman 

* * RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI).HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN MOTHS IN HIMALAYA 

* ECOLOGICAL ROLE - THESE MOTHS ARE INDICATOR SPECIES OF AIR POLLUTION 

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* * SCIENTISTS FROM WEST BENGAL HAS IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF ESTUARINE FISH IN RUPNARAYAN RIVER, WEST BENGAL 

* RESEARCHERS FROM TAMRALIPTA MAHAVIDYALAYA, AND VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY FOUND THIS FISH 

* SPECIES NAME - BUTIS BARGABHIMAE  ( BUTID FAMILY) 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - HINDU DEITY BARGABHIMA 

* THIS SPECIES HAS UNIQUE SCALES BETWEEN ITSE EYE ( KNOWN AS INTER ORBITAL SCALES) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CRAB SPECIES IN GOAN MANGROVE.

* SPECIES NAME - CHHAPGARUS NGANKEEAE 

* BROWNY HAIRY SHELL, 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE DR. NGAN KEE Ng ( MARINE BIOLOGIST FROM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE) 

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* A New Species Of Wild Kiwi Species ACTINIDIA INDICA, Discovered In Eastern Himalaya 

* RESERCHERS  FROM KALINGA FOUNDATION & PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LIZARD SPECIES IN THE TROPICAL SHRUBS OF CAR NICOBAR ISLAND OF INDIAN OCEAN.

* SPECIES NAME - CORYPHOPHYLAX  KRISHNANI 

* STRUCTURE MALE HAS WITH DARK YELLOW THROAT POUCH, KNOWN AS DEWLAP 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO - Dr SHREYAS KRISHNAN, RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS 

* A NEW BUTTERFLY SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - EUTHALIA ( LIMBUSA) ZUBEENGARGI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER ASSAMESE SINGER LATE ZUBEEN GARG 

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* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FROG SPECIES IN THE KALI TIGER RESERVES, KARNATAKA .

* SPECIES NAMES - NYCTIBATTRACHUS KALI, ( KNOWN AS KALI NIGHT FROG ( 

* RESERCHERS DESCRIBES THIS SPECIES ( WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THE NYCTIBATTRACHUS KUMBARA) ( KUMBARA NIGHT FROG) 

* 35th SPECIES OF NIGHT FROG 

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* SCIENTISTS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WWI) DEHRADUN, HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW RARE KEELBACK SNAKES 

SPECIES ARE - 

* HERPETOREAS DAVIDI ( NGENGPUI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MIZORAM) 

* HEBIUS GILHODESI ( NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

*  * Dr Dhitri Banarjee, DIRECTOR At Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Conferred With Kadambini Ganguly Award For Scientific Contribution 

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*  India's First National Report On Nagoya Protocol 

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2ND JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARD - 

* * Anand Agarwala, An Environmentalist And Social Activist In Jorhat, Assam Received The 2nd JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2026 

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