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Mimeusemia ceylonica

In News Researchers from Tamil Nadu have spotted a rare moth species for the first time in India in the buffer zone of Kalakkad–Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) after it was last sighted 127 years ago – at Trincomalee in Sri Lanka in 1893. About Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Agaristinae […]

Seahorses (Hippocampus kelloggi)

In News Extensive fishing off the Coromandel coast could be forcing the great seahorse to migrate laboriously toward Odisha.  About The 1,300 km northward migration of the great seahorse from Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar to Odisha is likely a response to extensive fishing activities around the southern coast of India. The species […]

Orangutans

In News Recently, four police personnel in Chennai were suspended for aiding orangutan smugglers. About Orangutans About: Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra. Habitat: The name orangutan means “man of the forest” in the Malay language.  The most […]

Whale Stranding

In News Recently, pilot whales were stranded near the shore of Kalpitiya, a town located on Sri Lanka’s west coast. Pilot Whales Pilot whales are so named because it was once believed that each observed group was navigated by a pilot or leader.  There are two species of pilot whales:  Short finned pilot whales (Globicephala […]

Omorgus Khandesh

In Context A new beetle species have been discovered in India, according to a paper published in the New Zealand-based journal Zootaxa. The new beetle species was discovered by a  scientist from the Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre (WRC), Pune. Key Facts It is necrophagous and also called a keratin beetle. Necrophagous are […]

Spot Bellied Eagle Owl

Context A wildlife team has recently spotted the ‘Spot Bellied Eagle Owl’ (Bubo Nipalensis) for the first time in the Seshachalam forest, and for the third time in Andhra Pradesh. About Spot Bellied Eagle Owl Features:  It is overall a stark, grayish-brown bird, with dark, coarse brown coloration over the back and upper wings. It […]

Dolphins

In News A new study has found that noise generated by human activity makes it harder for dolphins to communicate and coordinate with each other. As the levels of underwater noise increase, these mammals have to “shout” to each other. About Dolphins They are a type of marine mammal that belongs to cetaceans. They are […]

Neelakurinji

In  News The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) has listed Neelakurinji ( Strobilanthes kunthiana) under Schedule III of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, including it on the list of protected plants. Image Courtesy:TH About Neelakurinji Kurinji or Neelakurinji is a shrub that grows in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in […]

Zebrafish

In News According to a recent study by Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, a protein found in the backbone of zebrafish can have potential therapeutic implications. More about the news Discs degeneration issues in humans: In humans, discs degenerate naturally, leading to many related health concerns, including low back, neck, and appendage pain.  Currently, only […]

A new dwarf boa species from Ecuador

In News Scientists have discovered a new species of dwarf boa in the Ecuadoran Amazon and named it after an Indigenous activist. About Dwarf Boa The snake from the Tropidophiidae family was found in the cloud forest in northeastern Ecuador and was up to 20 centimetres long.  Tropidophis cacuangoae can be identified from other reptiles […]