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Two new subterranean fish species discovered in wells of Assam's Goalpara district

Researchers have identified two fish species new to science living underground in wells located in the Goalpara district of Assam. The species have been named Gitchak nakana and Rakthamichthys anchi. Both are subterranean fishes, meaning they inhabit groundwater systems below the surface rather than open rivers or ponds, and their discovery adds to the recorded freshwater fish diversity of North-East…

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Wildlife Institute of India to conduct first national study of all four Indian bear species

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, is preparing the country's first national-level assessment of the population, distribution and range of all four bear species in India, which belong to the family Ursidae. They are the Himalayan brown bear (a subspecies of Ursus arctos), Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus), sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) and sun bear (Helarctos malayanus).

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Blue tiger butterflies migrate from Eastern Ghats to Western Ghats with North-East monsoon

With the North-East monsoon setting in, blue tiger and dark blue tiger butterflies in their millions are moving from the Eastern Ghats to the Western Ghats. The swarms also include common crow and double-banded crow butterflies; the blue tiger's scientific name is Tirumala limniace.

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Three New Rhysida Centipede Species Described from South India

Researchers have described three centipede species new to science from southern India: Rhysida quadrispinosa, Rhysida coorgensis and Rhysida neyyarensis. Rhysida coorgensis takes its name from Coorg in Karnataka, and Rhysida neyyarensis from Kerala's Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary. With these additions, India now has 23 known species of the genus Rhysida.

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Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Recorded for the First Time in Kozhikode District, Kerala

A Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl (Bubo nipalensis / Ketupa nipalensis) has been sighted in the Janakikkad forest of Kozhikode district, Kerala, marking the species' first known record in the district. The bird is a member of the family Strigidae in the order Strigiformes and ranks as the second-largest owl found in India.

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India Begins IUCN Red List Assessment of 1,211 Bird Species

India has begun evaluating all 1,211 regularly occurring bird species, under the IUCN framework. The work is led by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the IUCN SSC Center for Species Survival India–Wildlife Trust of India and the State of India's Birds initiative.

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Tiger Spotted in Beed District, Maharashtra, After Nearly 100 Years

In Maharashtra's Beed district, a camera trap set up in the Brahmgaon forest range has photographed a four-year-old male tiger weighing more than 200 kg, the first tiger record there in close to a century.

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WWF-India Launches Nationwide Green Diwali Campaign 2026

The WWF-India EIACP Programme Centre started its countrywide Green Diwali Campaign on 20 October 2026; it will continue till 8 November 2026. Backed by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), the drive urges people to mark the festival with less pollution and waste, with special attention to the 130 cities under the National Clean Air Programme…

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