Category: Environment Current Affairs

Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve : Young Male Tiger Recently Died A young male tiger recently died in a road hit near Murdoli village in the buffer zone of the Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve is situated in Gondia and Shahdara District of Maharashtra. It comprises Nawegaon National Park, Nawegaon Wildlife Sanctuary, Nagzira Wildlife […]

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve : Female Tiger Cub Found Dead A seven-month-old female tiger cub was found dead under suspicious circumstances at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is located in the Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. It is spread over the Vindhya hills. Bandhavgarh was declared a national park in 1968 and then became Tiger […]

Increase In The Number Of Elephants: Estimates suggest that the number of elephants in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has increased. Karnataka’s elephants increased from 6,049 in 2017 to 6,395 in 2023, the reports showed. In Tamil Nadu, there was a rise to 2,961 in 2023 from 2,761 in 2017. Meanwhile, in Kerala, the population has […]

Pilibhit Tiger Reserve : Five-Year-Plan To Safeguard Turtles Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) has embarked on an ambitious journey by formulating its inaugural ‘five-year-plan’ to safeguard turtles, conduct species identification and estimate their populations both within and outside the reserve. Pilibhit Tiger Reserve is located in Pilibhit District, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of Uttar […]

Takakia : Threatened By Climate Change Takakia that has survived for millions of years is now threatened by climate change. Takakia is a rare genus of moss that adapted over millions of years to life at high altitudes. It looks like a later of moss or green algae on the rocks where it grows. It […]

World Lion Day 2023: World Lion Day is celebrated every year on August 10 to raise awareness about the conservation of lions and their habitats. It was first established in 2013 by Big Cat Rescue, the world’s largest accredited sanctuary dedicated to lions. Recent studies have revealed that lions were once present in the Arabian […]

Deepor Beel : Anthropogenic Threat Deepor Beel, a vital wetland in Guwahati, Assam, faces anthropogenic threats despite its protected status. Indigenous names like “beel” signify cultural and ecological connections, with local livelihoods intertwined with the wetland’s resources. Efforts to sustainably coexist with the wetland include initiatives by local women who convert water hyacinths into products, […]

Vaquita Porpoise : Extinction Alert The International Whaling Commission (IWC) issued its first ‘extinction alert’ on the vaquita porpoise. Vaquita Porpoise is the world’s smallest cetacean. It is unique among the porpoises as it is the only species of that family found in warm waters, and the size of the dorsal fin is believed to […]

Dicraeosaurid Dinosaur Fossil : Discovered Scientists from IIT-Roorkee and Geological Survey of India (GSI) have discovered the oldest fossil remains of dicraeosaurid dinosaur in Jaisalmer. Dicraeosaurid dinosaur is a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur species. The remains are 167 million years old and belong to a new species, unknown to scientists thus far. It has been named […]