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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...
A young European bee-eater, scientifically named Merops apiaster, has been sighted in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This is the first time the bird has been documented in the city. The European bee-eater is placed in the family M...
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,...
Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) aims to double uranium production by 2036 through new mines and by recovering uranium from copper residues, supporting India's nuclear power capacity of about 9 GW. UCIL meets...
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...
IntroductionTo secure round-the-clock baseload zero-carbon power for Viksit Bharat 2047, the Government of India on 16 August 2026 outlined its comprehensive Nuclear Energy Roadmap aiming to scale national nuclear electr...
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...
