JANUARY -
* Assam Reports Zero Rhino Poaching In 2025.
* India Loses 165 Tigers in 2025
MADHYA PRADESH - 55
MAHARASHTRA - 28
KARNATAKA - 22
UTTARAKHAND - 18
ASSAM - 12
RAJASTHAN -11
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FIRST SIGHT -
* Karnataka Records Its First' Sandalwood Leopard
CROCODILE CENSUS -
* A Total Of 1858 Salt Water Crocodile Counted in Odisha
- 531 Hatchling (28.58%)
- 442 Yearlings ( 23.79%)
- 365 Juvenile ( 19.64%)
- 167 Sub Adults - ( 8.99%(
- 353 Adults ( 19%)
NEW SPECIES =
* * CALAMARIA MIZORAMENSIS, A NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MIZORAM.
* IT IS BASED ON DNA
* THIS IS THE NON - VENOMOUS REED SNAKE
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NEW PL\ANT SPECIES -
'* * HEPTAPLEURUM ANAMUDIANUM, AMRUTH, ROBI & SUJANA, A NEW SPECIES OF ARALIACEAE HAS DISCOVERD IN ANAMUDI HILLS, IDUKKI DISTRICT, KERALA.
* THIS SPECIES DISTINGUISH BY ITS LEAF TAXONOMY.
* RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN PHEK.
* NEW SPECIES - HOYA NAGAENSIS ( NAGAENSIS FROM NAGALAND) & NAGA COMMUNITY
( FAMILY - APOCYNACEAE)
* SUB FAMILY - ASCLEPIADOIDEAE
* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PHEK DISTRICT FOREST IN NAGALAND
TWO NEW FROG SPECIES -
* RESEARCHERS FROM DELHI AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FROG SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( HERPETOLOGIST DR S D BIJU FROM DELHI UNIVERSITY)
* LEPTOBRACHIUM SOMANI ( SOMAN'S SLENDER ARMED FROG)
* LEPTOBRACHIUM MECHUKA ( MECHUKA SLENDER ARMED FROG)
* THESE TWO SPECIES HAVE DISCOVERED IN LOWER DIBANG VALLEY AND SHI - YOMI DISTRICT
TWO NEW SNAIL SPECIES -
* RESEARCHERS FROM EUROPE HAS DISCOVERD THREE NEW GENERA OF SMALL LAND SNAIL SPECIES FROM HIMALAYA AND MIZORAM.
* Chamalycaeus Ganeshaiahi
* Cycloryx Rohiniae ( From Blue Mountain, Mizoram)
* Dicharax Umashaankeri, From Blue Mountain, Mizoram
* NEWLY DISCOVERED SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO TRUSTEE OF ATREE - Rohini Nilekani, R Uma Shaanker, K N Ganeshaiah
* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF MUSICAL KATYDIDS IN KASHMIR.
* CONOCEPHALUS USMANII ( Named After Professor Mohd Kamil Usmani)
* CONOCEPHALUS NAGARIENSIS ( Budagam District)
* CONOCEPHALUS GANDERBALI ( Named After Ganderbal District)
* THE TEAM WAS LEAD BY MUZAMIL SYED SHAH FROM ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY,
* A SMALL CRUSTACEAN HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN KVARATTI LAGOON IN LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS
* A NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES
* FAMILY - LAOPHONTIDAE ( CLASS - COPEPODA)
* THE SPECIES CRUSTACEAN NAMED - INDIAPHONTE BIJOYI
* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - A BIJOY NANDAN, Dean Of Faculty Marine Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology ( CUST)
* A NEW SPECIES OF WORM LIKE CAECILIAN HAS DISCOVERD IN WESTERN GHATS
* SPECIES NAME - GEGENEOPHIS VALMIKI
( NAMED AFTER MAHARISHI VALMIKI MANDIR, IN SATARA DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA)
* A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SIANG VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH
* SPECIES NAME - PARAKAEMPFERIA ALBA
* RESERCHERS FROM KERALA & TAMILNADU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE ANT FLIES - FROM DELHI & TAMILNADU.
* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE
- METADON GHORPADEI ( Picture 1)
- METADON REEMERI ( Picture 2)
- SUB FAMILY - MICRODONTINAE ( Syrphidae)
* Rare Ghost Orchid REDISCOVERED After 175 Years In Meghalaya.
* A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN EAST KAMENG DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( INDIAN HIMALAYA)
* SPECIES NAME - STROBILANTHES RITESHII K
* FAMILY BELONGS TO - ACANTHACEAE)
* A NEW SPECIES OF WILDFLOWER SPECIES (YELLOW COLOUR) DISCOVERED IN RATNAGIRI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA.
* PLANT NAME - LEPIDAGATHIS KONKANENSIS ( KONKON REGION)
* A GROUP OF BOTANIST FROM PARULEKAR COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMENCE, SCIENCE, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE SCIENCES, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, AND LOCAL COLLEGE OF MAHARSHTRA DISCOVERED
* THIS SPECIES IS BRIGHT YELLOW COLOUR, TWO LIPPED BLOSSOM AND VERY SHORT, DENSE FLOWERING HEAD ( MEASURES ABOUT 2 CENTIMETRES)
STATE FLOWER -
* CHANDIGARH DECLARES THE STRIPED TIGER BUTTERFLY AS STATE FLOWER
* DANAUS GENUTIA ( SPECIES NAME)
ENVIRONMENT -
* The Tamilnadu Forest Has Denied Permission To NTPC Tamilnadu Energy Corporation Limited To Conduct Test At The Proposed Upper Bhavani Pumped Storage HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT At Mukhurti National Park
* Tamilnadu Has Registered A Historic Milestone With The Notification Of 100 New Reserve Forests, Nearly 13,500 Hectares
* Madhya Pradesh To Rename The Ratapani Tiger Reserve After Padmashri Archaeologist Dr. Vishnu Sridhar.
* Crocodile Census Held in Odisha ( Similpal)
84 in 2026 ( 81 in 2025)
AWARDS -
* Dr Nobin Raja, A Researchers At ATREE Has Been Awarded With Hasmukh Shah Memorial Award For Ecological Studies 2025.
* * AMERICAN MYCOLOGIST TOBY KIERS WINS THE 2026 TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT.
* HER WORK ON MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI
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* G Rajkumar, An Eminent ENVIRONMENTALIST Of Kerala Passed Away.
( KNOWN AS KURINJI RAJKUMAR)
* WHO Led The Role In The Estsblishment Of Kurinjimala Sanctuary 2006)
( to protect The Rare Neelakurinji Flower In Western Ghat)
( Meitei Nganu Or Eshing Nganu - The Manipuri Duck Has Been Registered As a Distinct Indigenous Breed In Assam. (By ICAR)
FIRST MAGH BIHU CENSUS -
* First Magh Bihu Census Records 2026
- 111 Bird Species In Chandubi Beel
* UNION Environment And Climate MINISTER Has Announced The Notification Declaring The Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary As Eco Sensitive Zone
* The Russian Federation Has Formally Joined As The International Big Cat Alliance
* Hesarghatta Grassland, In Bengaluru Received The Conservation Reserve Tag.
* Tamilnadu Forest Department Will Conduct A State Wide Raptor Assessment To Map Distribution Of Birds Of Prey.
* Bacillus Subtilis Declared State Microbe Of Kerala.
* Two Days Asian Water Bird Census 2026 To Conduct At Pobitora
* A 63.5 Lakh Tonne Reserves Of Rare Earth Elements Discovered In Karnataka.
BOOKS -
* SHRUBS AND CLIMBERS IN INDIA: A Field Guide Book Author - The Kodaikanal Based Environmentalist PIPA MUKHERJEE
NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED -
* * MINISTRY OF FOREST, CLIMATE ENVIRONMENT HAS ANNOUNCED TO ADD TWO NEW RAMSAR SITES
* PATNA BIRD SANCTURY IN ETAH, UTTAR PRADESH
* CHHARI - DHAND IN KUTCH, GUJARAT
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FEBRUARY -
ENVIRONMENT -
* Madhya Pradesh Forest Department Has Announced The Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary As Cheetahs Third Home.
* World Wetlands Day - 2nd February (THEME 2026 - WETLANDS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE CELEBRATING CULTURAL HERITAGE )
* Smooth Coated otters Has Listed As Vulnerable By IUCN.
* The Asiatic Lion Population Has Increases To 891 in 2025 From 674 In 2020
* Wildlife Institute Of India ( WII) In Collaboration With Forest Department, Tamilnadu Has FOUND 158 Dugongs in Palk Bay & 112 In Gulf Of Mannar
* Asia Recorded The Largest Area Of Planted Forest In 146 Million Hectares (23% Of World)
* Two Women Farmers Arika Narasamma And Lalam Jyothi Have Been Selected For A European Agro ECOLOGY Tour Under APCNF Programme.
* RAMSAR Listed Nala Sarovar Recorded 6 .42 Lakh Birds Of 270 Species.
* Mudu malai Elephant Rivaldo Died
* A Total Of 41 Tigers Died In Maharshtra in 2025.
* Jammu and Kashmir Police Has Unveiled The High Altitude Squad Snow Leopard For Anti Terror Operation.
* The Tamilnadu Government Has Launched The First Dark Sky Park At The Ariyur Shola Reserve Forests, In Koli Hills.
DOLPHIN CENSUS IN ODISHA -
* * ODISHA DOLPHIN CENSUS CONDUCTED ( 765 DOLPHINS POPULATION)
* 493 in BHITARKANIKA
* 175 IN CHILIKA LAKE
* 66 in PURI
* 15 IN BALASORE
* 13 BERHAMPUR
* 3 BHADRAK
AWARDS -
* * India's Meha Jain Wins The Inaugural ASU ( Science Prize) For Transformational Impact For Uses Of Satellite Data And Artificial Intelligence To Help Farmers To COMBAT With CLIMATE
* TAMILNADU CHIEF MINISTER M K Stallin Has Laid Foundation Stone of First Sea Turtle Conservation Centre At Guindy, Chennai.
NEW SPECIES -
* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPINY SPECIES OF ANT IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST IN ASSAM
* SPECIES NAME - POLYRHACHIS GARBHANGAENSIS
* INDIA RECORDS 71 SPECIES OF GENUS POLYRHACHIS
* * RESERCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF WORMS ( POLYCHAETES) FROM WEST BENGAL.
* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE
a) Nereididae ( Annelida Nereididae )
b) Second SPECIES NAMED AFTER Dhitri Banarjee ( ZSI Director)
* This Species Helps In Coastal Health
** BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) RESEARCHER TEAM HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW SPECIES OF FLOWERING PLANT IN PAKHAL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN MAHBUBABAD DISTRICT, IN TELENGANA.
* SPECIES NAME - DICLIPTERA PAKHALICA
* FAMILY - ACANTHACEAE
* * RESEARCHERS FROM ASSAM UNIVERSITY, SILCHAR HAVE RECORDED THE FIRST EVER TINY JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN ASSAM.
* SPECIES NAME - COLYTTUS BILINEATUS
* * RESERCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF DRAGONFLY SPECIES IN KERALA.
* SPECIES NAME - LYRIOTHEMIS KERALAENSIS
* * A NEW ORCHID SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS
* SPECIES NAME - DIPLOCENTRUM PAPILLOSUM
* ICAR - NBFGR Discovered A New Species Of Squat Lobster From Lakshadweep.
* * A NEW BRIGHT ORANGE SQUAT LOBSTER SPECIES DISCOVERD IN LAKSHADWEEP.
* SPECIES NAME - LEIOGALATHEA SAMUDRAGIRI
* ICAR - CICFR DISCOVERD A New Mahseer Species (TOR SATTALENSIS) in Uttarkhand.
* * A NEW BRIGHT ORANGE SQUAT LOBSTER SPECIES DISCOVERD IN LAKSHADWEEP.
* SPECIES NAME - LEIOGALATHEA SAMUDRAGIRI
* * RESEARCHERS FROM KOZHIKODE ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW APIACEAE SPECIES IN ERAVILULAM GRASSLAND IN KERALA.
* SPECIES NAME - TETRATAENIUM PAIKADAE
* IT IS A PERENNIAL HERB IN APIACEAE FAMILY ( GROWING 30-80 CM TALL THICK)
* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER IN HONOUR TO LATE REV FATHER JOSEPH PAIKA, ( PRINCIPAL & MANAGER OF JOSEPH'S COLLEGE)
* THE PLANTS GROWS IN MARSHY GRASSLAND AT ELEVATION BETWEEN 1000-2500 meter ABOVE SEA LEVEL
* OIL DUCTS FOUND IN ITS FRUITS
* * RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF COBRA LILY IN SIAHA DISTRICT, MIZORAM.
* SPECIES NAME - ARISAEMA SIAHAENSE
* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW ARMY ANT SPECIES FOUND IN EASTERN GHATS. ( ANDHRA PRADESH)
* AENICTUS CHITTOORENSIS Sp Nov.
* AENICTUS LANKAMALLENSIS Sp nov
* * RESEARCHERS FROM CUSAT & CSIR NIO Goa HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAPPING SHRIMP SPECIES IN KERALA.
* NAMED - ALPHEUS MADHUSOODANAI in The Cochin Estuary
* SPECIES NAMED AFTER - BIOLOGIST DR. B MADHUSOODANAI Kurup
* Union Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change To Organise HIM - CONNECT On Sideline Of TERI's World Sustainable Development Summit 2026
( The Him - Connect Platform Connects Researchers Working In The Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) With Start Up, Investors, Policy Makers)
( Him - Connect Will Exhibit Field - Validated, Market Ready Solution In Crucial Sectors Including Water Security, Climate Adaption, Waste To Wealth, Sustainable Building, Renewable Energy, And Nature Based Livelihood)
* * A NEW SPECIES OF BLIND, AQUIFER DWELING FISH DISCOVERD IN GOALPARA DISTRICT, ASSAM
* SPECIES NAME- GITCHAK NAKANA
* IT IS A FIRST AQUIFER FISH FROM NORTH EAST INDIA
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* 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
* * 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
* * 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
* * 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)
* 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
* 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
* 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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