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Category: Environment
India State of Forest Report 2017: One percent increase in total forest and tree cover
Sehuencas water frog-World’s loneliest frog species
Sehuencas water frog (Telmatobius yuracare) has been looking for the female for the last 10 years in Read More …
Ancient spider with whip-like tail found in Myanmar
Scientists have discovered spider-like four creatures with a tail in amber from Myanmar. The scientists described four Read More …
The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC)
Scheme: The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) is a Central Sector Scheme. When: Read More …
Central Government plan to end stubble burning approved
The Supreme Court on January 29, 2018, agreed on the Central Government’s proposed plan to Read More …
First GRIIS list of global alien and invasive species
Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRISS) has released the first country wide global Read More …
Environment Performance Index 2018, India ranks 177th
When: The tenth Environment Performance Index 2018 (EPI 2018) was released on 23 January 2018 Read More …
New plan for rejuvenation of major rivers of India
Union Ministry of Environment and Climate change on January 24, 2018, unveiled a new strategy for Read More …
Dual mimicry snake reported first time in India
It is n secret that to protect itself from predators, some animals, including snake do Read More …
The Blue Nile patas: A new monkey species
The Blue Nile patas monkey has been identified as a distinct monkey species. This species Read More …
Caihong juji-A rainbow dinosaur discovered in China
-Recenly, a new dinosaur was discovered in China that had iridescent feathers like a modern Read More …
Rare Himalayan Serow spotted in Nainital
-A rare Himalayan Serow, also called Himalayan deer, was spotted in Nainital Town of Uttarakhand Read More …
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 …