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Yellow-Crested Cockatoos
Why in news? Conservationists in Hong Kong installed nest boxes for the critically endangered yellow‑crested cockatoo, as natural tree hollows have ...
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Why in news? Conservationists in Hong Kong installed nest boxes for the critically endangered yellow‑crested cockatoo, as natural tree hollows have ...
Why in news? Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary (TWS) in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district has received attention for its success in conserving tigers and f...
Why in news? International studies warn that plastic waste could reach 1.2 billion tonnes per year by 2060, tripling current levels. Only about 9% of ...
Why in news? Madhya Pradesh has launched a cheetah mating programme at Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary to establish a second viable population outside...
Why in news? Scientists at the MACS–Agharkar Research Institute in Pune discovered two previously unknown species of black aspergilli (section Nigri...
Why in news? A wildlife survey by WWF‑India and the Arunachal Pradesh Forest Department has captured the first photographic evidence of Pallas’s c...
Why in news? With heatwaves, floods and pollution affecting urban areas, the need to make Indian cities resilient to climate change has become urgent....
Why in news? Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha was formally upgraded to a tiger reserve in 2025 after receiving approval from the National Tiger ...
Why in news? As debates on climate policy continue, analysts looked back at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to understand how it shaped global environmental...
Why in news? Environmental debates in August 2025 compared the carbon‑sequestering roles of younger forests and old‑growth forests. This discussi...
Why in news? A global report released in 2025 estimated that invasive alien species have caused economic losses exceeding two trillion US dollars sinc...
Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife approved West Bengal’s proposal in August 2025 to add over 1,000 km² to the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve...
Why in news? The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has issued updated guidelines on identifying and conserving tiger corridors. These guide...
Why in news? World Orangutan Day is celebrated every year on 19 August. The 2025 theme urged people to save orangutans and the rainforests they inhabi...
Why in news? The latest census in the Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve recorded 213 sightings of saltwater crocodiles in 2025, including a large number of...
Why in news? In August 2025 the government released updated data on districts facing severe groundwater stress. It identified 193 districts across In...
Why in news? An unfortunate incident in August 2025 left twenty tourists stranded during a tiger safari in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park af...
Why in news? Researchers reported on 18 August 2025 that coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar off the Tamil Nadu coast are recovering after two decades o...
Why in news? An inspiring story from Chhattisgarh’s Udanti‑Sitanadi Tiger Reserve made headlines on 18 August 2025. Forest officials used satellit...
Why in news? The third round of negotiations for a global treaty on plastic pollution, held in Geneva in August 2025, ended without agreement for the ...