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13 stories for “Species” · February 2026
Clear filtersZoological Survey of India scientists described a new Diplura species, Lepidocampa sikkimensis, from the eastern Himalayas. Diplura are primitive, soil-dwelling hexapods. It is the first Diplura species formally describe...
Early results from radio-tagging Olive Ridley turtles off Chennai suggest the animals come back to the same nesting sites. This is Tamil Nadu's first telemetry study of the species, which the Advanced Institute for Wildl...
World Pangolin Day, first held in 2012 and marked on the third Saturday of February, fell on 21 February 2026. It raises awareness about protecting pangolins and fighting the illegal wildlife trade, which makes them amon...
The Sangtam tribal body of Nagaland adopted a resolution against hunting and trading pangolins in Kiphire and Tuensang districts, near the India-Myanmar border, a known wildlife-trafficking route. Pangolins are the world...
Birdwatchers have documented the Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) for the first time in the foothills of Manjamalai, near Palamedu in Madurai district. The species belongs to the family Dicruridae and lives in...
Over two days, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department conducted a synchronised census of terrestrial birds in the central part of the State, spanning the districts of Tiruchi and Pudukottai. Apart from daytime species, the exe...
A 2026 census in Odisha recorded 765 dolphins in the State's marine and estuarine waters, its best tally in the past five years. Chilika Lake was home to 159 Irrawaddy dolphins, making it the single area with the densest...
A new flowering plant of the Acanthaceae family, Dicliptera pakhalica, was described from Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary, Telangana, named after Pakhal Lake and rated Data Deficient under IUCN guidelines; the genus has over 2...
The 16th Tamiraparani water bird census recorded 21,091 birds of 69 species across 68 irrigation tanks in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi and Thoothukudi districts of southern Tamil Nadu. Migratory species, including those using th...
A live rusty-spotted cat, one of the world's smallest wild cats, was recorded in Shergarh Sanctuary in Baran district, Rajasthan. The nocturnal, solitary species is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. Other biodiversity r...
Cochin International Airport (CIAL) in Kerala will be the first airport in India to deploy hydrogen-powered buses for passenger movement, cutting emissions from airside transport. Also reported: two new marine worm speci...
The foundation stone for the State's first Sea Turtle Conservation Centre was laid at Guindy, Chennai. The Centre of Excellence will cost Rs 14.50 crore and is being set up under the World Bank-supported TN-SHORE (Tamil...
