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Why in news? Researchers have identified a new species of water‑penny beetle in the Kurangani stream of the Bodi hills in Tamil Nadu. The species, n...
Why in news? The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) has proposed India’s first offshore wind demonstration farm near Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu...
Why in news? The Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha has attracted fresh attention as proposals to convert it into a tiger reserve have stalled for ...
Why in news? Observations by citizen scientists have shown that the Indian Laburnum tree is flowering earlier and for longer periods in many parts of ...
Why in news? The city of Belém in Brazil’s Amazon region will host the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP‑30) to the UNFCCC from 10–21 Novembe...
Why in news? The National Board for Wildlife has recently approved several infrastructure projects near protected areas, prompting discussions about i...
Why in news? A new study by researchers from the Environment Department of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) in Shimla has identified the Sal tree as ...
Why in news? Volcanic lightning captured public attention after an educational project brought to life an eighteenth-century mechanical model of Mount...
Why in news? The Environment Ministry's Forest Advisory Committee recently withheld clearance for the proposed Sharavathi Pumped Storage Hydroelectric...
Why in news? Scientists recently discovered new lichen species in the Western Ghats of India, highlighting the need to protect these delicate organism...
Why in news? The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife recently recommended reinstating the Rhesus Macaque in India’s protected sche...
Why in news? The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released its Emissions Gap Report 2025. This report assesses the gap between greenhouse�...
Why in news? The striped hyena recently appeared in news reports following sightings near human settlements and discussions about its conservation sta...
Why in news? Researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, are investigating whether the seeds of cycad plants cont...
Why in news? The normally transparent waters of the Umngot River in Meghalaya have turned brown due to soil and debris dumped during road construction...
Why in news? Wildlife enthusiasts captured images of an Indian spotted chevrotain, commonly called the mouse deer, in Maharashtra’s Tungareshwar Wil...
Why in news? Marine scientists in Greece have deployed thousands of mussels around the Saronic Gulf to measure levels of microplastic pollution. The f...
Why in news? Karnataka’s Environment Minister directed wildlife authorities to discontinue the final evening safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Farme...
Why in news? A comprehensive study published in Environmental Earth Sciences has highlighted alarming levels of heavy metals in sediments and fishes o...
Why in news? Kerala’s forest department has removed vast stands of invasive wattle trees from Pampadum Shola National Park, allowing native shola gr...
