A NEW ORCHID SPECIES FOUND IN WEST BENGAL

* ZEUXINE YONZONEANA: A NEW ORCHID SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL.

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR RAJENDRA YONZONE KALIMPONG (BOTANIST) 

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ZSI HEAD RECEIVED LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

* DR DHRITI BANARJEE, DIRECTOR OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY SBSRD FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS FIELD OF ENTOMOLOGY AT 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS & DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

NATIONAL GAJ GOURAV AWARD 2025

* ELEPHANT ATTENDENT SUMIT GOGOI & MAHOUT GANESH TAMANG OF NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, & TIGER RESERVE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH CONFERRED NATIONAL GAJ GOURAV AWARD 2025.

* THE AWARD IS PRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST.

A NEW SPECIES OF PINDA DISCOVERD IN PUNE

* A NEW SPECIES OF PINDA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TORANA FORT, PUNE 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO APIACEAE ( PINDA MUKHERJEEIANA) 

* NAMED AFTER P MUKHERJEEIANA 

A NEW ROUNDWORM SPECIES FOUND IN CHILIKA ODISHA

* RESEARCHERS FROM BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FREE LIVING MARINE NEMATODE ROUND WORMS IN CHILIKA, ODISHA.

* SPECIES - GENUS - ADMINDARUS 

* SPECIES NAMED - ADMINDARUS ODISHAENSIS  (IN HONOUR TO ODISHA) 

* SUMAN PATRA LED THE TEAM 

SURVEY OF NILGIRI TAHR 2025

* THE SURVEY OF NILGIRI TAHR CONDUCTED IN BOTH KERALA AND TAMILNADU.

* 2668 NILGIRI TAHR CENSUS 

* 1365 TAHR FROM KERALA & 1303 FROM TAMILNADU 

* HIGHEST (841 NILGIRI TAHR) COUNTED IN THE ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK (ENP) KERALA 

( 827 in 2024 At ENP, KERALA) 

* IN KERALA 19 FOREST DIVISION CENSUS CONDUCTED