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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....
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...
The Chief Minister of Sikkim released Chocolate Mahseer fish into the Rangeet River as part of efforts to conserve native fish species. The Chocolate Mahseer (Neolissochilus hexagonolepis), also known as copper mahseer,...
A rare two-headed wolf snake was rescued at Agaswani village in Dhanpur taluka of Gujarat's Dahod district. The condition, called bicephaly, is a developmental abnormality. Wolf snakes belong to the genus Lycodon of the...
The Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) has been recorded for the first time in Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam. The Indian Peafowl is the national bird of India and belongs to the pheasant family, Phasianidae...
Schizopygopsis waddellii has been recorded in India for the first time from Pangkang Teng Tso Lake in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. It is a cold-adapted freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae family and belongs to the snowtrout...
Researchers have discovered and formally described a new scorpion species, Liocheles gracilipalpus, from the Shivalik Hills in Reasi district, Jammu and Kashmir. It belongs to the Hormuridae family and was found at an el...
The Smew (Mergellus albellus), a rare migratory duck, has been recorded for the first time at Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. It is a small diving duck of the family Anatidae that breeds in northern Eurasia and mov...
IntroductionIn an exciting entomological breakthrough for Indian biodiversity, entomologists documented the presence of the extremely rare solitary plasterer bee species, Colletes bhutanicus, in India for the very first...
Scientists have discovered Lestes paloti, a new species of spreadwing damselfly, in the Western Ghats of Kerala. It belongs to the family Lestidae of the order Odonata and is named after Dr. Muhamed Jafer Palot of the Zo...
Mishmi Takins (Budorcas taxicolor) have been sighted in the Bakuchen area of Tingda Reserve Forest in North Sikkim.The Mishmi Takin is a goat-antelope native to the Eastern Himalayas and belongs to the family Bovidae. It...
Wildlife Inventory Extensions: Tree-Climbing Diurnal Mesopredator Identified Within Brahmaputra Floodplain GrasslandsIn a vital milestone for subcontinental conservation biology and mammalian distribution tracking, the Y...
