ICAR - KOCHI HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW DEEP SEA SQUID SPECIES

* ICAR - CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH KOCHI, HAS DISCOVERED A NEW DEEP SEA SQUID SPECIES - 

* TANINGIA SILASII 

* FOUND IN ARABIAN SEA 

* THIS IS THE ONLY 2ND SPECIES IN WORLD ( IN THIS GENUS) 

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LIST OF RAMSAR SITES (WETLANDS) IN BIHAR STATE ( UPDATED IN 2025)

 * KANAWAR TAL - BEGSURAI DISTRICT 

* NAGI BIRD SANCTUARY 

* NAKTI BIRD SANCTUARY 

* GOKUL JALASHAYA (BUXAR DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 448 HECTARES) 

* UDAIPUR JHEEL ( WEST CHAMPARAN DISTRICT) BIHAR ( 319 HECTARES) 

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS ADDED ONE MORE WETLAND TO INDIA'S RAMSAR SITES ( NOW 94 WETLAND IN INDIA) 

* BIHAR HAS NOW 6TH RAMSAR SITES.

* GOGABEEL LAKE BECAME THE 94TH RAMSAR SITES OF INDIA. ( DECLARED ON 31ST OCTOBER 2025) 

A NEW OWLFLY SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALA AFTER 134 YEARS

* SCIENTISTS FROM THE SHADPADA ENTOMOLOGY RESEARCH LAB ( SERL) AT CHRIST COLLEGE, HAVE UNCOVERED A NEW OWLFLY SPECIES IN KERALA AFTER 134 YEARS.

* FAMILY - MYRMELEONTIDAE 

* SPECIES NAME - PROTIDRICERUS ALBOCAPITATUS 

( IN 1891 IN WEST BENGAL PROTIDRICERUS ELWESII DISCOVERED) BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY MC LACHLAN DISCOVERED 

* ALBOCAPITATUS MEANS ( LATIN - ALBUS - WHITE & CAPITATUS - LONG TUFT ( 

A NEW GECKO SPECIES FOUND IN ANDHRA PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH. (TIRUMALLA HILL RANGE) (SESHACHALAM BIOSPHERE RESERVES) 

* SPECIES NAME - ( HEMIPHYLLODACTYLUS VENKATADRI ) 

* IT IS THE 2ND HEMIPHYLLODACTYLUS SPECIES FOUND IN ANDHRA PRADESH.

* THE TROPICAL DRY DECIDUOUS FOREST 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER VENKATA HILL ( VENKATA MEANS - LORD VISHNU) 

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A NEW SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND.

* A NEW SNAKE SPECIES HAS DISCOVERD IN GREAT NICOBAR ISLAND.

* LYCODON IRWINI (SPECIES NAME) 

* THE BLACK WOLF SNANE HAS NAMED AFTER STEPHEN  ROBERT IRWIN (AN AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATIONIST) 

* LISTED IN ENDANGERED 

* RESERCHERS FROM PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY AND MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY, GERMANY HAVE FOUND FOUND THIS SPECIES.

JHARKHAND ADDED A NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

* ON 13TH NOVEMBER 2025 SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DECLARED THE SARANDA FOREST AS NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN JHARKHAND STATE.

* IT COVERS 314 SQ KM FOREST ( INCLUDING SAL ) 

* IT IS 26% OF IRON ORE FOREST COVERS IN INDIA.

* IT ACTUALLY CAME UNDER BIHAR ACCORDING 1968 ( JUSTICE I VINOD CHANDRAN) AS SARANDA GAME SANCTURY 

* THE SANCTURY HAVE ENDEMIC SAL FOREST TORTOISE, FOUR HORNED ANTELOPE, ASIAN PALM CIVET, WILD ELEPHANT 

TWO NEW SPECIES OF LIZARDS DISCOVERED IN HIMALAYA

* TWO NEW SPECIES OF GREEN FAN  THROATED LIZARD DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* PTYCTOLAEMUS NAMDAPHAENSIS) - NAMED AFTER NAMDAPHA TIGER RESERVE 

* PTYCTOLAEMUS SIANGENSIS) - FOUND IN SIANG RIVER BASIN 

NEW SPECIES OF BEETLE FOUND IN TAMILNADU

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND WATER PENNY BEETLE IN BODI HILLS, TAMILNADU.

* SPECIES NAME - JAECHANAX KURANGANIENSIS  (SPECIES NAMED AFTER KURANGANI STREAM) 

* FLAT DISC LIKE SHAPE 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* A TEAM FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) HAS DISCOVERD A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH. ( WEST SIANG DISTRICT) 

* CRASSICAULIS MIDDLETONII ( SPECIES NAMED) 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO - GESNERIACEAE 

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NEW HOYA SPECIES FOUND IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESERCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW HOYA SPECIES IN EAST KAMENG ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAME - HOYA CHINGHUNGENSIS 

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A JUMPING SPIDER HAS BEEN RE DISCOVERED AFTER 123 YEARS IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESERCHERS FROM SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL & TECHNICAL SCIENCES ( SIMATS UNIVERSITY) HAS DISCOVERD A JUMPING SPIDER IN WESTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAME - PILIA MALENADU 

* THIS SPECIES HAS REDISCOVERED AFTER 123 YEARS IN TROPICAL FOREST, WESTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER IT'S ORIGIN MALENADU REGION IN KARNATAKA 

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FOUR NEW SPECIES OF LICHENS DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS FROM MAHARAJA COLLEGE, KOCHI DISCOVERED FOUR NEW SPECIES OF LICHENS FROM WESTERN GHATS.

* PARMOTREMA SAHYADRICUM ( FROM WAYANAD) 

* SOLENOPSORA RHIZOMORPHA ( FROM ERAVIKULAM & MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

* BUELLOA GHATTENSIS ( MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

* PYXINE JANAKIAE ( MATHIKETTANSHOLA NATIONAL PARK) 

( LICHENS ARE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, SOME HAVE ANTIFUNGAL) 

* KERALA HAS NOW MORE THAN 800 LICHENS SPECIES. 

TWO NEW SPECIES OF SHRIMPS DISCOVERED IN BERHAMPUR, ODISHA & GUJARAT RESPECTIVELY

* A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM MARINE SCIENCE, BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY AND HEMACHANDRACHARYA NORTH GUJARAT UNIVERSITY, GUJARAT HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF MARINE AMPHIPODS SHRIMP LIKE CRUSTACEA FROM CHILIKA, ODISHA AND GULF OF KHAMBHAT GUJARAT RECENTLY.

* GRANDIDIERELLA GEETANJALAE ( FROM CHILIKA, ODISHA) 

( NAMED AFTER GEETANJALI DASH, VICE CHANCELLOR OF BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY) 

* GRANDIDIERELLA KHAMBATENSIS 

( FROM GULF OF KHAMBHAT, GUJARAT) 

OMKARESHWAR NOTIFIED AS 27TH SANCTURY IN MADHYA PRADESH

* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NOTIFIED OMKARESHWAR AS 27TH SANCTURY OF MADHYA PRADESH.

* AREA - 611 SQ. KM COVERED THE FOREST 

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NEW FRESH WATER CRAB HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN EASTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) KOLKATA AND PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA HAVE FOUND A NEW SPECIES OF FRESH WATER CRAB IN EASTERN GHATS.

* SPECIES NAMED - PATITHELPUSA YERCAUDENSIS 

* GENUS - PATITHELPUSA 

* THIS SPECIES IS FOUND IN SHEVAROY HILLS, in YERCAUD SALEM DISTRICT 

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