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Why in news? Scientists from the National Pusa Collection at the ICAR‑Indian Agricultural Research Institute have discovered two new species of micr...
Why in news? On 13 March 2026 the Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognisance of rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and...
Why in news? Researchers have discovered a new species of catfish, Amblyceps vayavy, in the hill streams of Goa and Maharashtra in the northern Wester...
Why in news? A team from Gauhati University discovered a new shrub species in the grasslands of Assam’s Manas National Park. They named it Osbeckia ...
Why in news? Scientists exploring limestone caves in the Andaman Islands identified specimens of a slender insect as Myiophanes kempi, a species of th...
Why in news? The Musi Riverfront Development Corporation has been working to rejuvenate the Musi river in Hyderabad. In March 2026 the corporation rel...
Why in news? Environmentalists and local authorities renewed efforts in March 2026 to restore Deepor Beel, the only Ramsar wetland in Assam, following...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India, the University of Guelph (Canada) and the Kalinga Foundation announced in March 2026 the...
Why in news? A study by the University of Sheffield, published in March 2026, revealed that spotted hyenas in the Ethiopian city of Mekelle consume to...
Why in news? Environmental groups released a report in March 2026 accusing the world’s largest cobalt producer of causing severe pollution and human...
Why in news? The Madhya Pradesh government announced in March 2026 that Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary will become the third release site for cheetahs u...
Why in news? Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) described two new species of lichen moths in March 2026. Named Caulocera hollowayi ...
Why in news? The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to halt all construction and ground activities within the Sharavathi Lion‑Tai...
Why in news? Birdwatchers in Gujarat recently observed a male blue‑and‑white flycatcher on Pavagadh Hill. This small migratory songbird rarely vis...
Why in news? A comprehensive bird survey conducted in Silent Valley National Park in Kerala in February 2026 recorded 192 species, including several m...
Why in news? Two large oarfish, sometimes nicknamed “doomsday fish”, were spotted by divers near Cabo San Lucas on Mexico’s Pacific coast in ear...
Why in news? Access to Gurudongmar Lake in north Sikkim has reopened after being closed for more than two years following a glacier lake outburst floo...
Why in News? A new scientific study has found that a koala population in Victoria, Australia has regained much of its lost genetic variation thanks to...
Why in News? Indian entomologists have identified two new species of fruit flies—Acidoxantha paratotoflava and Hemilea suneriae—in the Solan regio...
Why in news? A tiger in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, killed an adult female rhinoceros in early March 2026. The unusual incident was widely re...
