Monday, 31 August 2026

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CURRENT AFFAIRS IN AUGUST 2026

* India Is Home To 13,703 SPECIES Of Lepidoptera Butterflies And Moths, ( Which Is 8.25% Of World) 

 India Launches The First Ever Guide To Grassland And Other Open Natural Ecosystem At UNCCD COP 17 At ULAANBAATAR, Mangolia 

* India Restored 21.76 Million ha Land During 2011- 2020 

NEW SPECIES - 

* Scientists At ICAR CMFRI Have Identified A New Fish SPECIES - Cyttopsis Indica ( The Indian Dory) in LAKSHADWEEP Sea.


* A New Catfish Species PSEUDECHENEIS LIKIMROENSIS Described From Nagaland 


* SPECIES Named After LIMIMRO River 


* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SEA HORSE SPECIES IN KERALA.


* SPECIES NAMED - HIPPOCAMPUS AMANDAVINCENTAE 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR OF NOTED MARINE BIOLOGIST AMANDA VINCENT 

* THE SPECIES IS FOUND AT TUTICORIN FISHERIES HARBOUR 


* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE SPECIES OF FERN IN THE KOLI HILLS OF EASTERN GHATS ( TAMILNADU REGION) 


* SPECIES NAMED - PTERIS MADHUSOODANANII 

* RESEARCHERS FROM GOVERNMENT VICTORIA COLLEGE, AND SRI VYASA NSS COLLEGE IN KERALA DISCOVERD THIS SPECIES.

* SPECIES CATEGORISE AS - CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* THE SPECIES FEATURES AS - 

STIFF, LEATHERY LEAVES, DEEP GREEN COLOUR 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO - PROFESSOR P V MADHUSOODANAN ( FORMER HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY AT UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT) 



* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A RARE HIMALAYAN BEE SPECIES IN TAWANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.


* SPECIES NAMED - COLLETES BHUTANICUS 


* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF CASCADE FROG SPECIES IN NORTH EAST FORESTS.


* THREE NEW SPECIES ARE - 

* AMMACHI'S CASCADE FROG ( Amolops Ammachi) ( Jampui Hills From Tripura) 

- The Name In HONOUR To Late Kerala Social Worker And Philanthropist Padmini Varkey ( Known As Ammachi Means Mother) 

* SENDENYU CASCADE FROG ( Amolops Sendenyu) ( Found In Nagaland) 

- This Species Named After Sendenyu Village Of Nagaland 

* Beautiful Cascade FROG ( Amolops Bella) ( Found In West Bengal ) 

* Named For It's Striking Green Body Marked With Yellowish - Green Or Reddish Brown Mosaic Pattern 



 * A Rare Black And Golden Cicada Has Been Recorded In Assam's Manas National Park.

A New Species Of Miniature Stygobitic Earthworm Eel ( Synbranchiformes, Chaudhuriidae) Gangaichthys Indonepalicus Found In Indo- Gangetic Plain In Bihar 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FRESH WATER CRAB SPECIES IN MOOKAMBIKA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, UDUPI, KARNATAKA 


* SPECIES NAMED - GHATIANA KARNATAKA 

* THIS IS THE 15TH SPECIES OF GHATIANA FAMILY DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS.

* ENDEMIC SPECIES IN KARNATAKA 

* THIS SPECIES IS LIVES IN PERENNIAL STREAMS, EVERGREEN OR SEMI - EVERGREEN FOREST.


* BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A SMALL HERB SPECIES IN COROMANDEL COAST, TAMILNADU.


* SPECIES NAMED - LEUCAS DROUPADIAE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER PRESIDENT OF INDIA DROUPADI MURMU 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY & GOVERNMENT SIDHHA MEDICAL COLLEGE 

* THE PLANT PRODUCES OBLONG FRUIT CALLED - NUTLETS ( GOLDEN YELLOW COLOUR AND COVERED IN IRREGULAR DARK BROWN SPOT ) 


* RESEARCHERS FROM CSIR - INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY ( IHBT) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.


* SPECIES NAMED - DORONICUM SANCTUM 

* SUNFLOWER FAMILY 

* THIS SPECIES DISCOVERD AT THE 4086 meter Above SEA LEVEL IN TAWANG DISTRICT 

* SANCTUM IS A LATIN WORD MEANS - HOLY OR SACRED 


* A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED BY BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) IN AGASTHYAMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVES IN SOUTHERN WESTERN GHATS .


* SPECIES NAMED - OSBECKIA  ULOTRICHA 

* ULOTRICHA ( FROM GREEK WORD - OULOS ) MEANING CRISPY ( THRIX MEANING HAIR) 

* THIS SPECIES DISTINGUISHED BY - 

* Sub - Globose Hypanthium 

* True Bristles On The Ovary Crown 

* Protruding Capsule 

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


* SPECIES NAMED - URANOTAENIA KANI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER KANI TRIBE OF KERALA 

* THIS IS THE 124TH GLOBAL URANOTAENIA GENUS ( 15th IN INDIA) 

* KANI TRIBES ARE RECITED AT AGASTHYAMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVES 

* BLUISH WHITE HEAD VERTEX, DARK SCALE WINGS & LEGS, SMALL PALE BROWN BODY, 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ICMR - NIVCR RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED 


NEW WETLAND - 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ADDED GLAW LAKE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH AS RAMSAR SITE.


* THIS IS THE FIRST WETLAND OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* INDIA'S 101ST RAMSAR SITE 

* NEAR BY KAMLANG TIGER RESERVES 

* 49 ORCHID SPECIES RECORDED 


AWARDS - 

* P PECHIYAMMAL ( From Ramnathpuram) 


* GOVINDHAMMAL ( From Villupuram) 


TWO WERE RECEIVED THE M S SWAMINATHAN AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION 2026 

* FOR PLASTIC FREE COASTAL AREA 


* Varun Goswami Has Awarded Hidden Hero's Award For The Outstanding Commitment To Biodiversity 

* National Biodiversity Authority Has Disbursed ODISHA Rs 5.68. Crores 





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