Saturday, 31 October 2026

WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN OCTOBER 2026

 * International Big Cat Alliance ( IBCA) Has Signed MoU with Global Nature Initiative Kazakhstan, To Conservation of Tiger 


*  Project Elephant And Project Great Indian Bustard ( GIB) Received Best Award Category By Wildlife Institute Of India ( WII) ( ECO WARRIOR AWARD 2026) 


* UNION Minister For Environment And Climate Bhupendra Yadav Has Visited To Fiji To Attend Pre - COP Discussion 



NEW SPECIES - 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF EARTHWORM IN THE WESTERN GHATS 

* THE SPECIES FOUND IN EVERGREEN AND DECIDUOUS FOREST ( KERALAM & TAMILNADU) 

* SPECIES NAMED - DRAWIDA  INCOMPARABILIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) INDIA & MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY IN KERALA.

* DRAWIDA LORICATA ( ALSO FOUND DETECTED SINCE 1945) 

* INCOMPARABILIS ( LATIN WORD MEANS - BEYOND COMPARISON OR MATCHLESS) 

* IT IS THE LARGE WORM SPECIES MEASURING BETWEEN 217 AND 392 millimetre in LENGTH 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - MONILIGASTRIDAE 

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* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED OF TWO NEW GECKO SPECIES IN TELENGANA 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO GENUS - HEMIDACTYLUS 

* RESEARCH TEAM LED BY ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI), FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY, ODISHA, NEHRU ZOOLOGICAL PARK HYDERABAD, AND WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA, 

SPECIES NAMED AS - 

* HEMIDACTYLUS CAIRNICOLA ( Found In Nalgonda District) 

* HEMIDACTYLUS KOYAORUM ( Found In Warangal District) ( Named In Honoured To Koya Tribe) 

* * TEAM OF BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS.

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN NELLAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN TAMILNADU 

* SPECIES NAMED - CEROPEGIA TAMILNADUENSIS 

* A UNIQUE DARK BROWNISH PURPLE COROLLA TINGED WITH WHITE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER TAMILNADU STATE,

* DATA DEFICIENT Under IUCN 



* RESEARCHERS FROM DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY, DR VISHWANATH KARAD MIT WORLD PEACE UNIVERSITY, AND ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DESCRIBES A NEW DAMSELFLY SPECIES IN ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAMED - DYSPHAEA ASSAMENSIS 

* SPECIES WITH STRIKING BLACK BODY, 

* THE DAMSELFLY SPECIES BEFORE DESCRIBED IN 1927 ( DYSPHAEA WALLI) IN MIZORAM 

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* The 4th Edition Of The Puducherry Bird Atlas, A Bird Mapping Exercise (43000 Bird) 


* * RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) & MALABAR  CHRISTAN COLLEGE HAVE DISCOVERED THREE NEW SPECIES OF CENTIPEDE IN SOUTH INDIA 

* SPECIES FROM GENUS - RHYSIDA 

* RHYSIDA QUADRISPINOSA ( LATIN DERIVED TERM QUADRISPINOSA) 

( BECAUSE OF 4 VENTROLATERAL SPINES ON ITS ULTIMATE LEG PREFEMUR) 

* RHYSIDA COORGENSIS ( NAMED AFTER COORG, KARNATAKA) 

* RHYSIDA NEYYARENSIS ( NAMED AFTER NEYYAR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KERALA) 

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* RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR & SHER -E-KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE (SKUAST Kashmir), HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PARASITOID MICRO WASP SPECIES IN KASHMIR 

* SPECIES NAMED - HOMOPORUS TRIDENTATA

* FIRST RECORD OF GENUS HOMOPORUS 

* SPECIES NAMED DERIVED FROM LATIN BASED ANATOMICAL DESCRIPTION OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE THREE TOOTHED CLYPEAL MARGIN 

* MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 3.9 milimeter In LENGTH 

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* A New Species Of Electric Ray ( Torpedinidae) Named - Tetronarce Ramanamurthyi DESCRIBED From South Eastern Arabian Sea, Northern Indian OCEAN 


* Two New Subterranean Fish SPECIES DISCOVERD In The Goalpara Wells 


* A New ARABIAN Electric Ray ( Tetronarce Ramanamurthyi) Discovered In The Deep Sea Water 

* * RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAMED AS 

* OPHIORRHIZA SHIDIENSIS 

* OPHIORRHIZA PEMAE ( SPECIES NAMED AFTER ARUNACHAL PRADESH CHIEF MINISTER PEMA KHANDU) 

* SPECIES DISCOVERED IN THE VIJOY NAGAR, CHANGLANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

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* A New Shark Species With Big Nose Lanternshark Discovered In The Indian Ocean 

* A New Species Of Smithia Aiton (Fabaceae) Found In Odisha 

* SPECIES NAMED - SMITHIA ODISHAE 

* Discovered By Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Sanjeet Kumar, Rajeev Kumar Sing (BSI) 

* Found Near Konark, Puri District Odisha 

* Yellow Colour Flower 


* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) WESTERN REGIONAL CENTRE, PUNE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES FROM BHAGWAN MAHAVIR NATIONAL PARK, GOA 

* SPECIES NAMED - KIRSCHSTEINIOTHELIA KANADII 


* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW BARKLICE INSECT SPECIES IN THE NILAGIRI HILLS 

* SPECIES NAMED - 

* ALLOCAECILIUS NILIGIRIENSIS 

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* A Microbiologist Team Of Manipur Discovered A Fungal SPECIES - Named Mollisia Sokpayensia) 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN ASSAM ( DIMA HASAO DISTRICT) 

* FOUND IN INDO - BURMA BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS 

* SPECIES NAMED - CYRTODACTYLUS DIMENSIS 

* BELONGS TO BENT TOED GECKO SPECIES 

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TWO NEW RAMSAR SITES ADDED - 



* * ON 15TH OCTOBER 2026 MINISTRY OF FOREST HAS ADDED TWO MORE RAMSAR SITES 

* SUKHNA LAKE IN CHANDIGARH 

* SAUJ JHEEL IN UTTAR PRADESH 

*  National Biodiversity Authority ( NBA) Disburse Rs 1.19 Crores To 29 States Boards And One UT 

* Armenia Host The 17th Meeting Of The Conference Of The Parties To The Convention On Biological Diversity ( COP 17-CBD) 

* Dr Dipon Sharmah, Assistant Professor And Head Of The Post Graduate Department Of Botany At Jawaharlal Nehru Rajakiya Mahavidyalaya ( JNRM) Has Been Appointed As A Member Of International Union For Conservation Of Nature ( IUCN) Species Survival Commission For 2026-2029
* India Advocates Regarding International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), EK PED MAA KE NAAM, MISSION LiFE, Mangrove Initiative For Shoreline Habitats And Tangline Incomes ( MISHTI), Amrit Dharohar, ( For Wetland Conservation), The Soil Health Card Scheme ( Promoting Sustainable Soil Management ( At COP 17-CBD 2026 

* Host - Hambardzum Armenia 

* India Released 4 Key Publication For Biodiversity Conservation At COP 17 CBD 2026 

* Guidelines For The Designation Of India's Other Effective Area Based Conservation Measures 2026 

* 5th National Reports On Cartagena Protocol On Biosafety 

* The Convention On Biological Diversity Handbook : 

* India's ABS Success Story 
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