Sunday, 31 May 2026

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN MAY 2026

 * Machan CENSUS Held In Tadoba Reserve, Maharashtra 

 Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Inaugurated The Lion Species Spotlight Programe At Sasan Gir Gujarat 

* india Ranked 9th In Total Forest Area Globally In 2026 

* India Ranked 5th In Top Global Carbon Sinks 

NEW SPECIES - 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW FIREFLY SPECIES DISCOVERED IN KHASI HILLS, MEGHALAYA 


* DIAPHANES MEGHALAYANUS 

* DIAPHANES MAWLYNNONG 



* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER CRAB SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL.


* SPECIES NAMED - INDOPOTAMON ALIPURDUARENSE 

 Researchers From Arunachal Pradesh Have DISCOVERD A Rare CORDYCEPS MUSHROOM In East Siang, 

* A JOIN STUDY OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) AND FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW FISH SPECIES IN GOPALPUR, GANJAM DISTRICT IN ODISHA 


* SNIPPER FISH - NAMED - LUT JANUSARAKAN 


* BOTANY STUDENTS FROM THE ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN SOUTHERN EASTERN GHATS IN TAMILNADU.


* SPECIES BELONGS TO GRAPE FAMILY 

* SPECIES NAME - CYPHOSTEMMA ANNAMALAII 

( NAMED AFTER FOUNDER OF THE UNIVERSITY - RAJAH SIR ANNAMALAI CHETTIYAR) 

* THIS SPECIES IS START WITH ONE LEAF AND ENDS WITH THREE LEAVES.

* IT HAS AN  OVATE SHAPED FRUIT ( RED IN COLOUR) 

* PETALAS IS GREENISH - WHITE IN COLOR 

* IT HAS THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES USED TO TREAT STOMACH ULCER 


* SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF AQUATIC BEETLES SPECIES IN TELENGANA.


* AMPHIOPS HYDERABADI - .( FOUND IN HYDERABAD) 

* AMPHIOPS KINNERASANI - FOUND IN KINNERASANI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN TELENGANA 

* AMPHIOPS SANDI - ( FOUND IN SANDI BIRD SANCTUARY, UTTAR PRADESH) 


 15 New Butterfly Species DISCOVERD In Vidarbha 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF FROG IN BRAHMAPUTRA, NEAR MEGHALAYA ( KHASI & GARO HILLS) 


* INGERANA BOREALIS ( FROM LATIN WORD - NORTH) REFERRING TO IT'S DISTRIBUTION REGIONS NORTH OF BRAHMAPUTRA 

* INGERANA OCCIDENS ( LATIN WORD WEST - 


* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE FOUND A RARE PLANT IN KHASI HILLS IN MEGHALAYA. ( DISCOVERED AFTER 138 YEARS) 


* SPECIES NAME - DIDYMOCARPUS 

* WHITE FLOWER, 

* SCIENTISTS ARE CATEGORIES THIS SPECIES AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* PLANT GROWS AT ELEVATION BETWEEN 1450 - 1520 meter 



* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAS DISCOVERD A PLANT SPECIES WITH UNIQUELY HAIRY PURPLE PETALS HIGH ALPINE GRASSLAND OF SIKKIM HIMALAYA 


* SPECIES NAME - MELANOSERIS PENDRYI 

* PLANT'S LAVENDER COLOURED PETALS KNOWN AS LIGULES.


* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF LEOPARD GECKO SPECIES IN ROCKY HILLS, BIHAR.


* SPECIES NAMED - EUBLEPHARIS JHUMA 

* SPECIES DISTINCT BY DNA 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZSI, WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA, And FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER DIRECTOR OF ZSI DHITRI BANARJEE, ( HER NICK NAME - JHUMA) 


* A RARE HIMALAYAN FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES REDISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( AFTER 120 YEARS) 


* SPECIES NAME - GEUM HIMALYAN 

* SPECIES IS IDENTIFIED IN NEAR SE LA PASS BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE LISTED THIS SPECIES VULNERABLE IN INDIA 


* A BENT TOED GECKO SPECIES FOUND IN THE MIST LADEN MOUNTAIN OF DARJEELING 


* RESEARCHERS FROM ZSI, FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY, ODISHA, AND HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENT ALLIANCE LEAGUE 

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS NEBULICOLA 

* NEBULA ( LATIN WORD ( MEANING - MIST OR CLOUD, And COLA MEANS DWELLER OR INHABITANTS 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES FOUND IN PUNE 


* SPECIES NAMED 

* MOGRUS SHUSHKA 

* MOGRUS PUNE 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF TARDIGRADE IN BAY OF BENGAL. 


* KNOWN AS THE MARINE WATER BEAR 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND AFTER 43 YEARS ( ELUSIVE GENUS)

* TEAM OF CSIR - National Institute Of Oceanography, University Of Minho, Portugal, And The Academy Of Scientific And Innovative Research ( acSIR) 

* SPECIES FOUND IN MARKANDI, ODISHA 

* NAMED - ACTINARCTUS ODISSI ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO ODISHI DANCE) 

* TARDIGRADE ARE KNOWN FOR RESILIENCE, SURVIVE IN HARSH ENVIRONMENT, Bear LIKE APPERANCE 

* THE SPECIES HAS DOMED SHAPED BODY SURROUNDED By TRANSPARENT, WING LIKE FLAPS CALLED ALAE, 

* Vaccinium Piliferum, A rare And Endangered Wild Relative Of Blueberry Has Rediscovered In Arunachal Pradesh After 188 Years.


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ALGAL SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALA) 


* SPECIES FAMILY BELONGS TO - INTERFILUM .

* SPECIES NAMED - INTERFILUM SHUKLAII ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO GROUP CAPTAIN SUBHRANSHU SHUKLA) 

* SPECIES COLLECTED FROM KUMBHAVURUTTY FOREST 


* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW TOAD SPECIES IN KHASI HILLS AT MEGHALAYA 


* SPECIES NAMED - DUTTAPHRYNUS DHARA ( DHARA NAMED AFTER KHASI FEMALE GARMENT) 

* COMMONLY WOVEN FROM MUGA SILK AND DRAPPED ELEGANTLY OVER BOTH SHOULDERS TO THE ANKLES 

* DHARA MEANS (IN KHASI) IS MORE TRADITIONAL ATTIRE ( DHARA OR JAINSEM) 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.


* PLANT SPECIES ARE FOUND IN TAWANG AND WEST KHAMANG DISTRICT 

* THREE NEW DECIDUOUS SPECIES - 

a) BERBERIS ORBICULARIS 

b) BERBERIS PSEUDOVIRESCENS 

c) BERBERIS TAWANGENSIS


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW MICROSNAIL SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA 'S LIMESTONE CAVE SYSTEM ( KREM PURI & ARWAH CAVES) 


SPECIES NAMED AS 

* GEORISSA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

- IT IS SMALL, ORANGISH RED SNAIL, WITH DISTINCTIVE MESH LIKE SHELL PATTERNS, 


* ACMELLA BENSONI ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO BRITISH MALACOLOGIST WILLIAM H BENSON) 

- THE SPECIES IS MINUTE, WHITE AND SEMI - TRANSPARENT, ADAPTED TO DAMP CAVE ENVIRONMENT 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAPPING TERMITE SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL FOREST. ( CHAPRAMARI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) 


* SPECIES NAMED - 

PSEUDOCAPRITERMES NOVUS 

* A TEAM OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI), KOLKATA UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY COLLGE DISCOVERED 

* THIS SPECIES HAS 16S rRNA GENE 

* NOVUS  A LATIN WORD - ( MEANS NEW) 

* THIS IS THE 5TH TERMITE SPECIES IN INDIA 




* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) SHILLONG HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CASCADE DWELLING FROG SPECIES IN NAGALAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - AMOLOPS KAMAL 
( IN HONOUR TO LATE DR KAMAL CHAUDHARY, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT, ZOOLOGY GUWAHATI) 

* THE AMOLOPS COMMONLY KNOWN AS CASCADE FROGS ( FAST FLOWING IN HILL STREAMS) 

* SPECIES NUMBER IN INDIA ARE 20 

Credit - North East HUB NETWORK 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND A NEW LICHEN SPECIES IN SUHELWA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, IN UTTAR PRADESH.

* THIS LICHEN SPECIES BELONGS TO PYRENOCARPOUS 

* SPECIES NAME - THELENELLA TROPICA 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW BURROWING SPECIES OF SNAKE FROM INDO - BURMA HOTSPOT 


* NAMED - TRACHISCHIUM LALREMSANGAI 

* SHINY, IRIDESCENT BROWN BLACK AND UNIQUE SPECKLED BELLY FOUND IN MIZORAM 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO WILDLIFE EXPERT PROFESSOR HMAR TLAWMTE LALREMSANGA ( MIZORAM UNIVERSITY) 


UNION MINISTER For ENVIRONMENT, FOREST And Climate Change Shri Bhupendra Yadav Has Unveiled The Logo Of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 2026 India Set To Host On 1-2nd June 2026 

Dr Krithi K Karanth, CEO Of Centre For Wildlife Studies Has Been Named 2026 Nat Geo Explorer Of The Year 

Five New Members Have Been Joined IUCN 

 Madhya Pradesh Chief Dr Mohan Yadav Released Two Females Cheetah Into Kuno National Park 

Madhya Pradesh Has Launched The India's First ALGAE TREE At Bhopal 


* ALGAE TREE - A Micro Algae Based Carbon Capture System 
* Absorbed Carbon Dioxide 
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 India's First Satellite Tagged Ganges Softshell Turtle Has Been Released At Kaziranga, Assam 

Kingdom Saudi Arabia Has Joined As Newest MEMBER Of International Big Cat Alliance 

* The International Big Cat Alliance Prescheduled At Bhopal 

India Released The 7th National Report On Biodiversity On The Occasion Of International Biodiversity Day 

KARNATAKA Forest And Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre Set To Declared The Apis Cerana And Malabar Tree Toad As The State Insect And State Amphibians Respectively 

Union Forests Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Launched The Book - Bringing Cheetah Back To India -( Author - Prashant Agarwal) 
 Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena Has Launched An Ambitious Ecological Restoration Project To Reclaim Nearly 800 Acres Of Barren Island Near Spituk 

 Wildlife Institute Of India Has Recorded The Rusty Spotted Cat ( Prionailurus Rubiginosus) From The National Chambal Sanctuary.

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