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The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has set up an Expert Committee on Invasive Alien Species to tackle the ecological and socio-economic threats these species pose in India. The committee will draw up a national li...
The Madras High Court has directed the removal of Prosopis juliflora, an invasive alien species, from Tamil Nadu.Native to Mexico, South America and the Caribbean, the plant was brought to India during the colonial era....
Tamil Nadu has recorded 51 raptor species in its first statewide scientific assessment, carried out by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department.The survey took place in January–February 2026 with guidance from the Tamil Nadu Rap...
Researchers have documented a rare instance of gynandromorphy – an animal showing both male and female characteristics – in a freshwater crab in Silent Valley National Park, Kerala.The crab belongs to the species Vela ca...
Three notable biodiversity records have been reported. A new parasitic wasp, Chelonus (Carinichelonus) mahadeb, was discovered in tea estates of Assam; it belongs to the Braconidae family, known for parasitoid behaviour....
A new plant species, Osbeckia zubeengargiana, has been discovered in the grasslands of Manas National Park in Assam. It belongs to the Melastomataceae family and has been named after Zubeen Garg. Separately, Myiophanes k...
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has described two new species of lichen moths, Caulocera hollowayi and Asura buxa, from the eastern Himalayas. They were recorded in the Sikkim and West Bengal regions. Lichen moths b...
A faunal survey by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, has identified nine species new to science. They include the jumping spider Stenaelurillus megamalai, the mayflies E...
Scientists have published India's first comprehensive checklist of fireflies, recording 92 species in 27 genera based on records from 1881 to 2025. More than 60% of these species are endemic to India, and several have no...
Scientists have identified two fruit fly species new to science, Acidoxantha paratotoflava and Hemilea suneriae, in the Himalayan foothills of the Solan region in Himachal Pradesh.Both belong to the subfamily Trypetinae....
A rare marine amphipod, Stenothoe lowryi, has been found in India for the first time at Arjyapalli Beach in Odisha's Ganjam district. Until now, this small shrimp-like creature had been reported only from the shores of M...
The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has planted 20,000 mangrove seedlings of five species along the Buckingham Canal to strengthen Chennai's coastal ecosystem. This is the latest phase of a step-by-step programme to create...
