Friday, 31 July 2026

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS IN JULY 2026

 * India Added 709 New Species To It's Fauna In 2025 ( 483 New Species, 226 SPECIES Recorded In India First Time) 


*  Tiger Population Has Increase To 35 From 27 In Similipal Tiger Reserve , Mayurbhanj ODISHA ( in 2023/24) 


*  Ladakh Is Hosting The India's First Ever Black Necked Crane Festival ( 11-14th August 2026) 

* Tiger Population Of Maharashtra Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve Has Increases From 8 To 23 

*  West Bengal State Government Has Approved A New Conservation Reserve In Purulia 
( Under The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act 2002 ) 

*  Ministry Of Tribal Affairs SIGNED MoU With CSIR - NBRI For Conservation Of Rare, Endangered And Threatened ( RET) Medicinal Plant Species, And To Safeguard Traditional Knowledge Empowering Tribal Communities 


NEW SPECIES - 

* A NEW SPECIES OF TRAPDOOR SPIDER SPECIES DISCOVERD IN SEMI - ARID GRASS LAND IN MAHARASHTRA 


* SPECIES NAMED - TIGIDIA  SINGHAL 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER SANDEEP SINGHAL ( A MEMBER OF ATREE BOARD)

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*  Researchers From IISER Pune Have Discovered A New Plant Species In The Sus Hills Of Pune 


SPECIES NAMED - CANSCORA AGNI 


* ICAR - CMFRI SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW DEEP SEA FISH SPECIES IN ARABIAN SEA.


* SPECIES NAMED - CYTTOPSIS INDICA ( INDIAN DORY)

* FAMILY BELONGS TO PARAZENIDAE

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES IN DIBANG VALLEY IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAMED - OPHIORRHIZA CHOWNAI SP. NOV. 



* A New Snake Species Has Found in Chandigarh 

* Species Named - Sistan Sand Boa ( Eryx Sistanensis) 


* Assam Released a Booklet Showing Bodoland Forest Butterfly Diversity 
* A Team Of Researcher Have Discovered Two New Fresh Water Mussel ( Kongreng) Species From Barak And Manipur Chindwin River System 

SPECIES NAME - 

* INDONAIA MANIPURENSIS 

* PARREYSIA IMPHALENSIS 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER RED ALGAE ( GENUS - SHEATHIA) IN MEGHALAYA. ( NEAR CRIONLINE WATERFALL IN EAST KHASI) 


* NAMED - SHEATHIA MEGHALAYAENSIS 

( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES) 


* DESCRIBED BY U ELAYA PERUMAL OF THE CENTRAL NATIONAL HERBARIUM, BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) (HOWRAH), AND M PALANISAMY OF THE BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA SOUTHERN REGIONAL CENTRE, COIMBATORE 

* PREVIOUSLY TWO SPECIES HAD DISCOVERD IN NORTH EAST 

- SHEATHIA INDONEPALENSIS 

- SHEATHIA ASSAMICA 


SIGNIFICANCE OF RED ALGAE - 

* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS FRESH WATER RED ALGAE ARE KNOWN TO PRODUCE BIOACTIVE COMPUND WITH ANTIVIRAL, ANTI OXIDANT, ANTI INFLAMMATORY, AND TUMOUR PROPERTIES. 



*  Scientists Have Found A Rare FLOWERING PLANT At Arunachal Pradesh ( Upper Subansiri District) 

* Researchers From Mumbai's Thackeray Wildlife Foundation 

* SPECIES NAMED - MITREPHORA RASHMIAE ( Named After Rashmi Thackeray, Wife Of Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray) 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED RARE THREE NEW SPECIES OF JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN INDIA & SRILANKA.


* THREE NEW SPECIES FROM GENUS ONOMASTUS 

* TWO OF SPECIES FOUND IN BRAHMAGIRI HILLS IN WAYNAD, SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK PALAKKAD, AND THIRD SPECIES IN  MOUNTAIN IN SRILANKA 

* A  TEAM OF ATHIRA JOSE, A PHD SCHOLAR AT CHRIST COLLEGE, IRINJALAKUDA & PROFESSOR A V SUDHIKUMAR IN COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSOR S P BENJAMIN OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES ( SIFS) SRILANKA 

* SPECIES NAMED 


* ONOMASTUS BRAHMAGIRI ( BRAHMAGIRI HILLS) 

* ONOMASTUS SILENT VALLEY ( FROM SILENT VALLEY NATIONAL PARK) 

* THIRD SPECIES IS UNNAMED 



* RESEARCHERS FROM ASSAM & MEGHALAYA HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEW FIREFLY SPECIES IN MAWSYNRAM, MEGHALAYA 


* SPECIES NAMED - PYGOLUCIOLA MAWSYNRAM ( NAMED AFTER KHASI COMMUNITY) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ASSAM'' DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY & DEBRAJ ROY COLLEGE ( GOLAGHAT) 


* BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES ( BEGONIA GENUS) CHARACTERIZED WITH FOUR HORNED FRUIT AND VIBRANT ( RED - BROWN HAIRS) IN THE PAPUM RARE DISTRICT OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH.


* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA QUADRICOENUALATA ( NAMED - QUATTUOR ( FOUR) LATIN, CORNU ( HORN), ALATUS ( WINGED) 

* 50 SPECIES OF BEGONIA IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH SO FAR 

* THIS SPECIES HAS UNIQUE FRUIT STRUCTURE, WHICH DENSELY COVERED IN REDDISH - BROWN WOOL, 



* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF INSECT ( THRIPS) IN WESTERN GHATS, KARNATAKA 


* SPECIES NAMED - TRACHYNOTOTHRIPS VYAGHRAVAHINI ( MEANING VYAGRA - TIGER ( SANSKRIT WORD) VAHINI - FLOWING RIVER) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM KELADDI SHIVAPPA NAYAKA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE AND THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL INSECT RESOURCES.

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 * RESERCHERS From Vidarbha And Madhya Pradesh Have Recorded 4 Species Of Genus Tinospora In Bhandara, Vidarbha For The First Time In State 

* Guduchi Is A Medicinal Vine Widely Used In Ayurveda, 

* New Species Are Tinospora, Baenzigeri, Tinospora Merrilliana, Tinospora Neocaledonica, Tinospora Smilacina 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A PRESERVED FOSSIL OF AN ANCIENT PALM TREE IN WEST BENGAL.


* ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS IT WAS 5000 YEARS OLD FOSSIL ( MIOCENE PILOCENE EPOCH) 

* SPECIES NAMED - PALMOXYLON MIOFLABELLIFER 


* RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA, SONAPUR MAHAVIDYALAYA, AND SIDHO KANHO BIRSA UNIVERSITY 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN WEST BENGAL BASIN NEAR THE VILLAGE OF MULUK IN THE BIRBHUM DISTRICT OF WEST BENGAL.

* THIS NEW SPECIES IS THE ANCIENT ANCESTORS OF THE MODERN PALMYRA PALM, 

* IT FEATURES TABULAR PARENCHYMA, SPECIALIZED STORGE CELLS, 


* A NEW PARASITOID WASP SPECIES ( BOLTA) HAS DISCOVERD IN RAJARHAT, WEST BENGAL.


* SPECIES NAMED - TETRASTICHUS NARAYANDEBNATHI ( SCIENTIFIC NAME) 

* SPECIES DISCOVERD IN RAJARHAT WETLAND.

* A PARASITOID IS AN ORGANISM THAT SPENDS a SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF IT'S LIFE CYCLE ATTACHED TO OR INSIDE A SINGLE HOST ORGANISM ( SELF KILL & CONSUME ITSELF) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM KALYANI UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH CAIRO UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS INVOLVED IN THIS DISCOVERY.

* THIS SPECIES IS NAMED IN HONOUR TO AWARD WINNING CARTOONIST AND CREATOR OF BATUL AND NONTE - PHONTE NARAYAN DEBNATH.

* THIS IS THE THIRD SPECIES OF THIS GENUS IN WORLDWIDE 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT ( ATREE) BENGALURU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE BEE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - 

* ELAPHROPODA TRIANGULATA ( NAMED FOR ITS TRIANGULAR MARKING ON ABDOMEN) 

* HABROPODA ADI. ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO ADI INDIGENOUS TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 


* GENUS ELAPHROPODA IS NOW TOTAL 13 SPECIES ( IN WORLD) 

* AND HABROPODA SPECIES NOW 55 ( WORLD WIDE) 

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* RESEARCHERS HAS IDENTIFED A NEW SPECIES  OF DIMERIA ( KNOWN AS NEYPULLU) IN MANGROVE FOREST 

* THE SPECIES WAS DISCOVERED IN THE PORUNI FIELD IN THE MANGROVE FOREST, AT THAMARAKKULANGARA IN KUNJIMANGALAM 

* THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE BY BOTANIST Dr A K Ratheesh Narayanan Of Payyanur College, Dr C N Sunil Of SNM College, 

* SPECIES NAMED - DIMERIA RAJANIANA 

* THE NEW SPECIES IS NAMED IN HONOUR TO P P RAJAN, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST FROM THAMARAKKULANGARA 


* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF PROCELAIN CRAB IN THE CORAL REEF IN LAKSHADWEEP.

* IT IS STRIKING DEEP RED COLOUR, FOUND IN AGATTI ISLAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - PACHYCHELES RAVICHANDRANI 

* UNDER THE MICROSCOPE THIS SPECIES HAS A UNIQUE SUB CIRCULAR SHELL AND SPECIALIZED HAIR LIKE STRUCTURE CALLED SETAE 

* THIS SPECIES IS NAMED IN HONOUR TO DR  M RAVICHANDRAN, THE SECRETARY OF INDIA'S MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM MACS AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, PUNE AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE OF DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED 5 NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN FORMING FUNGI ( GENUS - ALLOGRAPHA) IN WESTERN GHATS 

* FIVE NEW SPECIES ARE - 

* ALLOGRAPHA KERALAENSIS ( Named After KERALA) 

* ALLOGRAPHA NAYAKAE ( Named In HONOUR To Indian Lichenologists Dr Sanjeeva Nayaka)

* ALLOGRAPHA PARACONSANGUINEA ( 

* ALLOGRAPHA PERSISTINSPERSA

* ALLOGRAPHA SEMICARBONISATA 

* ( ALLOGRAPHA IS A GENUS OF SCRIPT LICHENS OR LICHEN FORMING FUNGI 

* A FUNGUS THAT TEAMS UP WITH ALGAE OR CYANOBACTERIA TO CREATE A LICHEN)

* FAMILY - GRAPHIDACEAE 

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5 Lichens Species Discovered In Western ghats 

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FLOWERING PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 


* SPECIES NAMED - HENCKELIA YOBINENSIS 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER YOBIN ( LISU) TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FRESH WATER MACROPHYTE PLANT IN TELENGANA.


* SPECIES NAMED - AMMANNIA TELANGANENSIS)             PARTHIBAN RASINGAM 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO LYTHRACEAE 

* SPECIES DISCOVERD IN THE AMRABAD TIGER RESERVES, FRESH WATER, WETLAND SPECIES 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF STINGLESS BEE FROM WOKHA DISTRICT, NAGALAND.


* SPECIES NAMED - TETRAGONULA YIKHUMENSIS 

( NAMED AFTER YIKHUM VILLAGE, NAGALAND ) 

* THE RESEARCH TEAM COMPRISES OF NOYINGBENI M ODYUO, RESEARCH SCHOLAR, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, NAGALAND UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR BENDANG AO, PROFESSOR RANJIT KUMAR ( UNIVERSITY OF NAGALAND) 

* STINGLESS BEE ARE THE VITAL IN THE TROPICAL POLLINATOR, 

* THEY POLIINATE FRUITS, PLANTS AND CROPS 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM BIRJHORA MAHAVIDYALAYA UNDER BONGAIGAON UNIVERSITY ALONG WITH RIKERTRE LYTAN  & NRIPEMO ODYUO FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY INDIA ( BSI) SHILLONG 


* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW GINGER LILY SPECIES 

* SPECIES NAMED - HEDYCHIUM ZUBEENGARGIANUM 

( SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE SINGER ZUBEEN GARG) 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO - ZINGIBIBERACEAE FAMILY 

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* Researcher From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Have Discovered a New Plant Species In Vijoy Nagar Region, In Arunachal Pradesh 

* SPECIES Named - Disporum Yobinorum 


* A New Species Of Fish ( Named - Pseudolaguvia Khairii) Sisroid Catfish Document At BUDHABALANGA RIVER, ODISHA 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER SHRIMP SPECIES IN GOMATI RIVER, UTTAR PRADESH 


* DISCOVERED BY Team LEAD BY TEAM FROM BSNV PG COLLEGE, University of Lucknow & NAVYUG KANYA P G COLLEGE IN LUCKNOW 

* SPECIES NAMED - CARIDINA SHARMAI 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO PROFESSOR U D SHARMA ( RETIRED HEAD OF ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW) 

* IT FEATURES - A SHORT, KNIFE SHAPED ROSTRUM ( THE BEAK LIKE EXTENSION AT THE FRONT OF IT'S HEAD) 22 TEETH 


* A TEAM OF ODONATOGISTS HAS DISCOVERD A NEW SPECIES OF SPREADWING DAMSELFLY IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALA) 


* SPECIES NAMED - LESTES PALOTI 

* THE GENUS LESTES WAS LAST DESCRIBED IN 1929 ( WESTERN GHATS) 

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* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF FRUITFLY SPECIES IN MEGHALAYA 


* RESEARCHERS LED BY KENNEDY NINGTHOUJAM OF THE COLLEGE OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, UMIAM ALONG WITH SCIENTISTS FROM ICAR & CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY 

* SPECIES NAMED AS - 

* ZEUGODACUS UMIAM ( Named After Umiam) 

* ZEUGODACUS NASIVITTATUS


* THREE NEW RARE SPECIES Recorded FIRST TIME IN MEGHALAYA 

* Bactrocera abbreviata 

* Erectovena desperata 

* Phorlliosoma hilaratum 


* BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN EASTERN GHATS ( NEAR KAMBAKAM HILL) TIRUPATI DISTRICT, 


* SPECIES NAMED - CROTON UBBALAMADUGENSIS 

* THIS SPECIES IS NAMED BY ANDHRA PRADESH DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER & FOREST ENVIRONMENT MINISTER PAWAN KALYAN 

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD BY TEAM LED BY PRINCIPAL CHIEF CONSERVATOR OF FOREST ( PCCF) P V CHALAPATHI RAO 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - EUPHORBIACEAE 

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* A NEW SPECIES OF PHREATOBITIC SWAMP EEL ( SYNBRANCHIDAE) IS DESCRIBED FROM GOALPARA DISTRICT, ASSAM 


* SPECIES NAMED - R ANCHI ( RAKTHAMICBTHYS ANCHI) 

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* Researchers From Assam University Have Rediscovered Rungia mastersii in Jatinga Hill, 

RARE SPOT - 

* Scientists From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Have Rediscovered The Rare Alpine Species Cyananthus Hookeri In Arunachal Pradesh After 158 Years 








* * NATIONAL RAINFED AREA AUTHORITY FUNDED WILD RICE CONSERVATION PROJECT HAS ACHIEVED NEW MILESTONE 


* THE BORJULI SITE IN SONITPUR DISTRICT IN ASSAM GETS BIODIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE TAG BY THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY AUTHORITY 


MISSION MILLION OAK TREE - 

Sikkim Government Has Launched The MISSION MILLION OAK TREE By 2047 

* Statewide Ecological Restoration Programme Aimed At Reviving Himalyan Oak Forest To Strengthen Water Security, Biodiversity, Climate Resilience 

* Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang Has Planted A Oak Under A Day For Mother Earth At Lagyap Reserve Forest 

* CM Launched The CONNECT TO FOREST Toll Free Helpline Number 1926 To Enable Citizen Grievances 

* Flagged Off Safari Vehicle For Barsey Rhododendron WILDLIFE SANCTUARY Along With Patrol Vehicle 

* CM States The Sikkim Has 47.33 percentage Forest Cover ( Geographical Area Under Forest Administration & 33.77% Designated As Protected Areas And Wildlife SANCTUARY 

* Sikkim Government Has Been Initiative Such As Mero Rukh Mero Santati, Mero Bato Mero Bote, 


* The BHAVSAGAR Referral Centre Of CMLRE Kochi, KERALA Has Been Declared As The India's National Repository For Deep Sea DWELLING Organisms 

* National Collection Of 3500+ Preserve Marine Life Sample 


* Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav Has Inaugurated The Centre Of Excellence On Human - Wildlife Conflict At WII - SACON

*  Launched National Human Wildlife Conflict PORTAL 

* 28th Meeting Of Reconstituted WII India At Coimbatore 

* 4 New WILDLIFE Conservation Project For Dolphin, Snow Leopard, Wild Water Buffalo, Indian Rhinoceros Approved By GB CAMPA (7th Meeting Of CAMPA) 


*  Union FOREST AND ENVIRONMENT Minister Bhupendra Yadav Presented The NSCSTI Accreditation Certificate To Shri V Thirunavukarasu, IFS Principal CASFOS Coimbatore 

* Wildlife Institute Of India In Collaboration With EIACP Programme Centre, WII At The 91st Meeting Of The Standing Committee Of The National Board Of wildlife Has Launched The India's First Sloth Bear Conservation Status Report At Coimbatore 


*  On 29th July 2026, On The Occasion Of International Tiger Day, Union Forest & Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav Released The Report Habitat Suitability Assessment For Sloth Bears Across Tiger Landscape In India 


* According To Report 231,899 Km2 Of Suitable Habitat In Tiger States, 

*  Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav Has Unveiled The Logo Of Padmashree V S Wakankar Tiger Reserve, Patalpani 

*  International Tiger Summit 2026 ( Delhi) 


* India Holds The 75% Of Global Tiger Population ( India's 2.4% Of Land )

* According To World Wildlife Foundation ( WWF) Global Tiger Population Is 5574 

* India's Tiger Population Is Now 3682 

* India Runs 58 Tiger Reserve With In The Country 

* Madhya Pradesh Has 785 Tigers ( Most) Including 9. tiger Reserves 

* Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarkhand Has Only 260 Tigers ( In Single Park) 

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* Union Forest, Environment And Climate MINISTER Shri Bhupendra Yadav Has Unveiled Two Books 


* Tigers Of The World ( By IBCA & GTF) 

* The Rehman Khera Tiger ( By Shri C P Goyal & Dr S P Yadav) 

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