-A rare Himalayan Serow, also called Himalayan deer, was spotted in Nainital Town of Uttarakhand Read More …
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Rare Himalayan Serow spotted in Nainital
Pawanpari and Sonakali-Two elephants will retire at Corbett Tiger Reserve
-Two old female elephants namely, Pawanpari and Sonakali at the Corbett Tiger Reserve, will retire Read More …
Green male sea turtle turning female due to global warming
-According to a new research published in Current Biology, rising temperatures around the world can turn Green Read More …
No habitat rights to Mankidia Tribe of Odisha
Odisha State forest department has denied a habitat rights to Manikidia primitive tribes near Simlipal Read More …
The Water Shrew found first time in Uttarakhand
-A team of researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun has first time Read More …
Asian waterbird census at Okhla Okhla Bird Sanctuary
-Asian waterbird census was carried out in Okhla Okhla Bird Sanctuary on 6 January, 2017. -During Read More …
Chilika lake Annual Bird census 2018
After a day-long exercise on January 3, 2018, annual bird census at Odisha’s Chilika lake Read More …
Four new balsam species discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
-Scientists from University of Kalikat in Kerala, have discovered four new species of balsam in Read More …
Hedychium chingmeianum and Caulokaempferia dinabandhuensis: Two new species of Ginger
Scientists have discovered two new species of Ginger in Manipur and Nagaland. These two new Read More …
Nyctibatrachus mewasinghi: New Night frong species
-According to a scientific paper published in The Journal of Threatened Taxa (an international journal on conservation Read More …
‘Tetramorium krishnani’ and ‘Tetramorium jarawa’: New species of ants in Andman
Scientists of the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru and the Okinawa Institute of Read More …
Madhya Pradesh recorded largest tiger deaths in 2017
According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), total 95 tiger deaths were recorded in Read More …
China ivory sale ban came into effect
-China’s complete ban on ivory trade came into effect on December 31, 2017. -All of Read More …
Desis bobmarleyi-a new water spider named after Bob Marley
-A water adapted species of spiders, discovered in Australia in 2009, is named after Jamaican Read More …
Regional Project to Tackle Stubble Burning
-To combat climate change, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has approved a Read More …
Six new species of water beetle discovered in Manipur
-Scientists have discovered six new species of water beetle from water bodies of the of Read More …
Bamboo, now not a tree
The bill to exclude bamboo from a definition of tree under Indian Forest Act, 1927, Read More …
Golden-crowned manakin: First known hybrid bird species
-Researchers have discovered first known hybrid bird species in Amazon rain forests of Brazil. Known Read More …
Bangiomorpha pubescens: photosynthesis in plants first took place 1.25 billion years ago
The study conducted by the researchers from McGill University in Canada, revealed that the process Read More …
Bottlenose dolphins on the brink of extinction
According to a new study Bottlenose dolphins in Panama’s Bocas Del Toro Archipelago are on Read More …
Asiatic Cheetah, near extinction
According to conservationists The Asiatic cheetah which is also known as Iranian Cheetah is on the Read More …
IUCN latest Endangered Red list
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources’ (IUCN) in its latest red list of Read More …