Red-eared Slider Turtle
Context A ‘cute’ American turtle popular as a pet is threatening to invade the natural water bodies across the Northeast, home to 21 of the 29 vulnerable native Indian species…
Indian pangolin and Chinese pangolin
Context Pangolins, despite being listed in Schedule I of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 continue to be the world’s most trafficked mammal. The primary demand for its scales in the making…
Xylophis deepaki
Context A tiny snake of just 20 cm length with iridescent scales Xylophis deepaki, first stumbled upon in a coconut plantation in Kanyakumari, is now reported to be an endemic species…
Cotton Pygmy Goose
Context The Cotton Pygmy Goose is the Thumbelina of the anatidae family which is constituted by ducks, geese and swans. While Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina emerged out of a flower, the Cotton…
Small Indian civets (Viverricula indica)
Context Recently, East Godavari Wildlife Management authorities have rescued three small Indian civets (Viverricula indica). About Small Indian civets The small Indian civet is a prolific consumer of fruits, mostly…
Euphaea thosegharensis and Euphaea pseudodispar discovered in Western Ghats
Context Recently, researchers have discovered two damselfly species from Satara district in Maharashtra, which forms part of northern Western Ghats. The new endemic damsels, Euphaea thosegharensis and Euphaea pseudodispar, belonging to the genus Euphaea.…
Bryocrumia malabarica discovered in the Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary
Context A new species of moss of the genus Bryocrumia i.e. Bryocrumia malabarica has been named after the Malabar region of Kerala from where it was spotted. Bryocrumia malabarica Bryocrumia…
White-toothed shrew discovered in Andamans’ Narcondam Island
Context Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have discovered a new species of insectivorous mammal, a white-toothed shrew, from Narcondam Island of the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. With…
Azhdarchid Pterosaurs
Context Azhdarchid Pterosaurs, the giant reptiles that flew in the skies nearly 65 million years ago, had necks longer than that of a giraffe (i.e. more than 6fts). Now, researchers…
Inter-State Tiger Relocation Project
Inter-State Tiger Relocation Project Context Sundari — a tigress shifted as part of India’s first Inter-State Tiger Relocation Project in 2018 from Madhya Pradesh to Odisha — returned home. The…
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