Two wetlands from Bihar — Gokul Jalashaya (Buxar) and Udaipur Jheel (West Champaran) — have Read More …
Category: Environment
Bihar’s Gokul Jalashaya and Udaipur Jheel Get Ramsar Tag
India’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve Joins UNESCO Global Network
The Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve in Himachal Pradesh has been inducted into the UNESCO World Read More …
2025 Young Champions of the Earth award
Nairobi, Kenya, Sept 23, 2025: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the winners of the Read More …
Environmental Accounting on Forests – 2025
Chandigarh, Sept 25, 2025: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released the 8th Read More …
Apterichtus kanniyakumari-New Species of Finless Snake Eel
Researchers from the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Kochi have discovered a new Read More …
IUCN Recognizes India’s First Dugong Conservation Reserve
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has formally adopted a motion recognising India’s Read More …
Iridogorgia chewbacca
Researchers have officially identified a new species of deep-sea coral, naming it Iridogorgia chewbacca after Read More …
Gries Glacier
Switzerland’s Gries Glacier, a 5.4 km-long ice mass in the southern canton of Valais, is Read More …
UN High Seas Treaty, ratified by 60 countries, to take effect in 2026
A major milestone in global ocean protection was reached on September 19, 2025, when Morocco Read More …
Scientists found an ant which gives birth to two species
In harvester ant colonies, reproduction follows a clear structure — female queens give birth to Read More …
Australia Approves World-First Chlamydia Vaccine for Koalas
Queensland, Australia — In a landmark development for wildlife conservation, regulators in Australia have approved Read More …
Eight Tigers to be Translocated to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve
The Union Environment Ministry has approved the capture of eight tigers from the Tadoba-Andhari and Read More …
First-Ever Photographic Evidence of Pallas’s Cat Recorded in Arunachal Pradesh
A recent survey conducted by WWF-India in 2024, with support from the Forest Department, Government Read More …
Climate Leaf Analysis Multivariate Program (CLAMP)
A new study has traced the origins of the Indian monsoon system to the formation Read More …
Senna spectabilis
In a pioneering conservation effort, the Tholpetty range of Wayanad has become the site of Read More …
Conocarpus
Why in News? A government-appointed expert panel on environment has recommended the Supreme Court to Read More …
Gangotri Glacier System (GGS)
Why in News? A recent study by IIT Indore, ICIMOD, and US universities revealed that Read More …
Sundarbans became India’s second largest tiger reserve
Why in News? Key Facts Benefits of Expansion (Source: DTE)
Population of saltwater crocodiles increased in Sundarbans
Why in the News? About Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) Ecological Role (Source: TH)
International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)
The Government of India has issued a notification granting privileges and immunities to the International Read More …
Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary
A three-day faunal survey at the Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary in Kerala has added nine species Read More …
Nine solitary bee species discovered in Kerala for the first time
Researchers have documented nine species of solitary bees from the subfamily Nomiinae for the first Read More …
Parthenium hysterophorus
The highly invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus, commonly known as “Congress grass,” has emerged as a Read More …
World Lion Day 2025
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change celebrated World Lion Day – 2025 on Read More …
Smithophis leptofasciatus-A new rain snake species
A team of researchers from Mizoram University and the Guwahati-based conservation group Help Earth has Read More …