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Why in news? During a biodiversity survey on 9 May 2026, researchers photographed a Himalayan brown bear sow with two cubs in the Rakchham‑Chitkul W...
Why in news? Zoologists from the Zoological Survey of India have discovered two new species of spiders in Nagaland. Named Psechrus ntu and Psechrus ph...
Why in news? Scientists have found that cacti, despite being slow‑growing desert plants, diversify remarkably fast. A study of their evolution shows...
Why in news? The Jharkhand government has prepared a proposal to set up India’s first dedicated human–elephant conflict research centre in the Pal...
Why in news? In early May 2026 the Uttarakhand forest department started a scientific census of the Binsar Wildlife Sanctuary. More than 100 camera tr...
Why in news? A group of botanists from the University of Calcutta, the University of Kashmir and the Sikkim government discovered a new flowering plan...
Why in news? On 11 May 2026 a wild gaur (Indian bison) that had roamed through inhabited areas of Kannur district in Kerala was tranquillised and relo...
Why in news? Naturalists in Mumbai’s Aarey forest recently reported the presence of Cyrtodactylus varadgiri, a rare ground‑dwelling gecko named af...
Why in news? The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) recently released a group of long‑billed vultures, also called Indian vultures, into Melghat ...
Why in news? A recent survey across the Western Ghats recorded only about 65 percent of the dragonfly and damselfly species historically known from th...
Why in news? Scientists from the ICAR–National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources recently described a new species of freshwater fish, Labeo kaage, fr...
Why in news? A two‑year‑old male tiger, released into the buffer zone of Panna Tiger Reserve after being rescued from a village, was found dead on...
Why in news? Conservationists reported the first camera‑trap photograph of a tiger in the Daying Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary after nearly 20 y...
Why in news? Reports from Ladakh suggest that an invasive moth species known as the buff‑tip has been damaging trees and crops in the region. The su...
Why in news? Parliament members and environmental groups have debated the government’s plans to develop Great Nicobar Island, including a transshipm...
Why in news? Conservationists report that Bhutan now hosts around 31 white‑bellied herons, roughly half of the fewer than 60 of these critically end...
Why in news? Authorities in Bengaluru have drained Ulsoor Lake for a full desilting and cleanup – the first such operation in nearly two decades. Th...
Why in news? The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has sought responses from the Maharashtra government and forest department on allegations that ...
Why in news? Botanists from Tamil Nadu have described a new species of the grape family, Cyphostemma annamalaii, from the sacred forest of Sanjeevi Hi...
Why in news? Social media posts in May 2026 showed rare camera‑trap photographs of a rusty spotted cat in a village field in central India. The imag...
