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Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve Prepares for 2026 Census

Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve Prepares for 2026 Census

Why in news? The forest department of Andhra Pradesh is gearing up for the All India Tiger Estimation 2026. The Nagarjunasagar–Srisailam Tiger Reser...

Water Lettuce Overruns Lake Suchitlan

Water Lettuce Overruns Lake Suchitlan

Why in news? A thick mat of water lettuce has covered nearly 80 percent of Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador, choking one of Central America’s largest a...

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam

Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam

Why in news? Civil society organisations have urged authorities to nominate the Rowmari–Donduwa wetland complex within Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary f...

Alfvén Waves Detected in the Sun’s Corona

Alfvén Waves Detected in the Sun’s Corona

Why in News? A team using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii recently reported clear evidence of torsional Alfvén waves twisting through ...

Record Water Levels at Sambhar Lake Spur Migratory Bird Influx

Record Water Levels at Sambhar Lake Spur Migratory Bird Influx

Why in News? After heavy monsoon rains in 2025, Rajasthan’s Sambhar Lake has filled to near‑normal levels, prompting a dramatic increase in migrat...

Mahuadanr Wolf Sanctuary

Mahuadanr Wolf Sanctuary

Why in News? Mahuadanr Wolf Sanctuary in Jharkhand has drawn attention for being India’s only protected area dedicated exclusively to the conservati...

Kunming Biodiversity Fund

Kunming Biodiversity Fund

Why in news? Seven countries—Cook Islands, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Uganda—have received a total of US $5.8 million from t...

Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary

Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh has announced that Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, recently renamed Veerangana Durgawati Tiger Reserve...

Iberian Lynx

Iberian Lynx

Why in news? A photographer in southern Spain captured images of a white Iberian lynx, the first known case of a leucistic individual in the wild. The...

Axial Seamount

Axial Seamount

Why in news? Scientists monitoring the Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon, have warned that it may erupt before the end of ...

Hemiphyllodactylus venkatadri Gecko: New Species | UPSC

Hemiphyllodactylus venkatadri Gecko: New Species | UPSC

Why in news? Indian herpetologists have described a new species of slender gecko from the sacred Venkatadri hills in Andhra Pradesh. Named Hemiphyllod...

AmazonFACE: Simulating Future Climate in the Rainforest

AmazonFACE: Simulating Future Climate in the Rainforest

Why in news? Brazil, supported by the United Kingdom, has launched the AmazonFACE experiment to understand how the Amazon rainforest will respond to r...

Atlas Moth Spotted in Karnataka

Atlas Moth Spotted in Karnataka

Why in news? Nature enthusiasts in Karwar, Karnataka, recently spotted a large Atlas moth in the Guddehalli forest area. Photographs of the striking i...

Loktak Hydroelectric Project: Location, Inauguration & UPSC

Loktak Hydroelectric Project: Location, Inauguration & UPSC

Why in news? On 27 October 2025, Gursharan Singh, Head of the Loktak project at NHPC Ltd and newly appointed General Manager (Electrical), met Manipur...

Coelacanth

Coelacanth

Why in news? Palaeontologists in China have described a new species of the ancient fish genus Whiteia based on two fossil specimens from the Early Tri...

Cloud Seeding

Cloud Seeding

Why in news? On 28 October 2025, a small aircraft (Cessna 206H) conducted a cloud‑seeding trial over parts of Delhi amid severe air pollution. The e...

Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary

Karakoram Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? The Ladakh State Wildlife Board has proposed a major revision of the boundaries of the Karakoram and Changthang wildlife sanctuaries. In ...

Satkosia Tiger Reserve

Satkosia Tiger Reserve

Why in news? On 29 October 2025, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) directed the Forest and Revenue departments and the Angul district collecto...

Taal Volcano

Taal Volcano

Why in news? The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) reported several short-lived eruptions at Taal Volcano on 25 - 26 Octob...

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary

Why in news? The Goa Forest Department announced that the Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary will receive new animals, including barking deer and sloth bears, ...

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