JANUARY TO MAY WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN 2026

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.

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* 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 

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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 

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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)

 

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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 

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* IT IS A FIRST AQUIFER FISH FROM NORTH EAST INDIA 

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MARCH - 

* 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 

* 

2ND JADAV PAYENG INTERNATIONAL AWARD - 

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

* 

 APRIL - 

* RAJU Sajwan, Principal CORRESPONDANT Of Down To Earth Has Honoured With 33rd Umesh Dobhal Journalism Award 

* Dr Dhitri Banarjee, Director At ZSI Has Honoured With Nakshatra Samman At TV9 Bangla 

* IFS Sanjay Kumar Assumed Charge As The Additional Director General Of (Project Tiger) & Member Secretary, NTCA 

* Anurag Dhyani Has Appointed As Co Chair Of IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group 

* * RESERCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ROVE BEETLE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - STAPHYLINIDAE 

* RESEARCHERS FROM THACKERAY WILDLIFE FOUNDATION HAS IDENTIFIED TWO NEW JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN INDIA.

* LANGELURILLUS ONYX ( FEMALE) 

* LANGELURILLUS UDAIPURENSIS ( MALE) ( FOUND In Rajasthan SAJJANPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ) 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF GECKO IN RAIMONA NATIONAL PARK, KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS RAIMONAENSIS 

* 

*  Ogoniland Of Nigeria Named As 18th Wetland 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAKE SPECIES IN GARO HILLS, MEGHALAYA 

* SCIENTISTS FROM COTTON UNIVERSITY, ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, AND ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA JOINTLY SURVEY IN THE GARO HILLS IN MEGHALAYA 

* SPECIES NAMED - CALAMARIA GAROENSIS 

* A SHORT, A NON - TAPERING TAIL ENDING IN A OBTUSE TIP, A DISTINCT BLACK STRIPE 

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN MANIPUR 'S KAMJONG DISTRICT 

* NAMED DILLENIA NAGALIM 

* THE NAGALIM DERIVED FROM NAGA ( INDIGENOUS NAGA TRIBES COMMUNITIES) ANDE LIM MEANING LAND, 

* IT IS A SHRUB GROWING UPTO ABOUT 1.2 METER WITH BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS, AND DISTINCTIVE DOUBLE SERRATED LEAVES.

* THE SPECIES HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY CLASSIFIED AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED UNDER IUCN CRITERIA.

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN TRIPURA

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS JAYADITYAI 

* Researchers From Thackeray Wildlife Foundation And The University Of Trans Disciplinary Health Sciences And Technology Have Identified A New Plant in ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* NAMED - Stauranthera Aureoglossa 

* RESEARCHERS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WII) HAVE DISCOVERED A UNIQUE MUD NESTING FROG FROM NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVES, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER MOTIJHEEL LAKE OF NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVES 

* SPECIES NAMED - LIMNONECTES MOTIJHEEL 

* A Rare Black Panther Has Been Spotted In The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra.

* A NEW PLANT SPECIES OF FAMILY - CYPERACEAE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN KERALA, WESTERN GHAT. 

* PLANT NAME - FIMBRISTYLIS WAYANADENSIS 

* DISCOVERED IN WAYANAD, 

* GENUS - FIMBRISTYLIS 

* THIS SPECIES FOUND IN INDIA IN 120 TYPES 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ODISHA HAS DISCOVERD A NEW SPECIES OF HAPPY - FACE SPIDER IN WESTERN HIMALAYA IN INDIAN SITES.. ( AT KEDARNATH WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO THERIDIIDAE FAMILY 

* THE SPECIES FOUNDS IN BOTH SEXES 

* 1992 SPECIES ACROSS WORLD. 

* SPECIES NAMED - THERIDION HIMALAYANA 

* RESEARCHERS FROM SENCKENBERG ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A RARE FISH SPECIES ( TINY & BLIND AND BLOOD RED FISH IN GOLPARA, ASSAM) 

* SPECIES NAMED - GITCHAK NAKANA 

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APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Dr DHITRI BANARJEE, Director At Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Been Elected As Vice President Of Entomological Society Of India

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* Madhya Pradesh Government Has Announced The 25th Wildlife SANCTUARY Named After Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on 14th April 2026 

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Inaugurated The 213 Km Delhi - Dehradun Expressway ( Including 12 Km WILDLIFE Corridor) 

* Project CARCAL Has Officially Launched By Greater Ranathambore For The Conservation Of The Endangered Small Cat Species 

*  Project CARCAL 

* The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) And The Confederation Of The Indian Industry (CII) Signed MoU For Industry Purpose 

2026 GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENT PRIZE - 

* YUVELIS MORALES BLANCO ( Colombia) ( Rivers, Fish,) 

* ROKA MATBOB ( PNG) ( For Island And Island Nation) 

* BORIM Kim ( South Korea) - ( Initiated The Youth For Climate Action) Organisation 

* ACAQ HURLEY ( North America) - ( He Fought Alongside 15 Tribals Nations To Stop a Mega Copper And Gold Mining Project That Threatened Ecosystem Of Alaska 's Bristal Bay Region) 

* Iroro Tanshi ( Nigeria) - Rediscovered The Endangered Short Tail Roundleaf Bat At Afi Mountain Wildlife SANCTUARY 

* Sarah FINCH ( UK, Europe) - For Fossil Fuel 

* THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ALL WOMAN TO WIN THE GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENT PRIZE 

* FSSAI Issued An Advisory Regarding The Use Of Ashwagandha ( Withania Somnifera) In Food Products 

* * SHEKHA JHEEL BIRD SANCTUARY ANNOUNCED AS THE 99TH WETLAND OF INDIA ( RAMSAR SITES) 

* IT IS LOCATED IN UTTAR PRADESH STATE, 

* 11TH RAMSAR SITES IN UTTAR PRADESH STATE. 

* The Green Sea Turtle Has Officially Moved From Endangered To Least Concern on IUCN Red List 

* Bachani Devi, The Leader Of Chipko Movement Has Passed Away 

WHITLEY AWARDS 2026 ( ENVIRONMENT) - 

* * WHITLEY GOLD AWARD - FARWIZA FARHANA & HAKA ( Indonesia) FOREST Conservationist 

* ISSAH SEIDU ( Ghana) ( Aqualife Conservation) 

* PARVEEN SHAIKH ( India) ( Bombay Natural History Society) 

* BARKHA SUBHA (India) ( Federation Of Societies For Environmental Protection) 

* MARINA KAMENI ( Cameroon) 

* MOREANGLES MBIZAH ( Zimbabwe) ( Wildlife Conservation) 

* PAOLA SANGOLQUI ( Ecuador) 

* Kaziranga National park, Assam And Madhya Pradesh Have Launched The India's Longest Distance Wild Water Buffalo Translocation - 50 Km Kaziranga To Kanha TIGER RESERVES ( 2000 Km ( 

* UNESCO And Government Of Sikkim Has Partnered To Documents The Indigenous Engineering Practices Of Ru -Soam ( Cane Bridge Built By Lapcha Community) in The Khangchendzonga BIOSPHERE Reserve 

* The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department In Collaboration With Eastern Ghats Wildlife Society Has Initiated A Conservation STATUS SURVEY Of The Peacock Tarantula ( Poecilotheria Mettalica) At Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve 

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MAY - 

* 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 

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* * 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 

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* 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 

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

* SPECIES NAMED 

* MOGRUS SHUSHKA 

* MOGRUS PUNE 

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* 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) 

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* 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 

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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) 

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* 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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