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Why in news? Entomologists have described a new species of dragonfly called Lyriothemis keralensis from the low‑lying coastal plains of Kerala. Loca...
Why in news? Marine biologists have discovered a new species of bristle worm, Paraleocrates indica, in the intertidal mudflats of the Champa Estuary i...
Why in news? A third tigress was recently released into the wild at the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) in Maharashtra. Wildlife authorities hope that in...
Why in news? A wildlife researcher in central Australia photographed a Siberian peregrine falcon, marking the first recorded sighting of this subspeci...
Why in news? The government of Jharkhand has introduced new jungle safari vehicles and laid the foundation for eco‑friendly cottages in the Dalma Wi...
Why in news? Wildlife researchers have documented a rare sighting of a Eurasian otter in the Sindh River of Ganderbal district, close to the Line of C...
Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife has approved the diversion of around 272 hectares of forest land from the Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Rese...
Why in news? Scientists have described a new species of spiny ant, Polyrhachis garbhangaensis, found in the Garbhanga Reserve Forest on the outskirts ...
Why in news? A joint team from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and Shivaji University, Kolhapur, discovered a new species of trapdoor spider in the ...
Why in news? A giant female reticulated python nicknamed “Ibu Baron” was discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Measuring 7.22 metres in length, she h...
Why in news? The government of Arunachal Pradesh has authorised the capture and relocation of a tiger that killed a head constable on the Roing–Mayo...
Why in news? The latest winter census conducted by the Uttar Pradesh forest department recorded 20,628 Sarus cranes across the state—an increase of ...
