The Karnataka Forest Department confirmed the presence of a male tiger in the Kishkindha Hills of Koppal district on 24 August 2026. A camera trap installed in Temba...
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary in Jamnagar, Gujarat, has been identified as a major breeding site for the Black-necked Stork, scientifically known as Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus. The sanctuary is a Ramsar...
The daily global average sea surface temperature for extra-polar oceans, defined as waters between 60°S and 60°N, reached 21.1°C on 21 and 22 August 2026. The figure set...
India’s installed non-fossil fuel-based power capacity reached 300.50 GW as of 31 July 2026, crossing the 300 GW mark. This capacity formed more than 54% of India’s total...
Drosicha turkistanica, an invasive sap-sucking insect, has been identified in poplar and willow plantations in Hanjipora in Pulwama district and in parts of South Kashmir, including Kulgam and...
Fog harvesting is a water-collection method that uses mesh nets to capture tiny water droplets from fog and channel them into storage or piping systems. In southwestern Morocco,...
India launched its first-ever Guide to Grasslands and Other Open Natural Ecosystems (ONEs) of India on 17 August 2026 at the 17th Session of the Conference of the...
Twenty blackbucks were released into the Banni Grasslands in Kutch, Gujarat, in August 2026 under a translocation and rewilding exercise. The herd included 15 females and five males...
The Australian Institute of Marine Science released the 2025/26 Long-Term Monitoring Program Annual Summary Report on 11 August 2026. The report recorded a rebound in hard coral cover...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change presented its 412th report on forest fires in the Himalayan region in August 2026. The...
The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) designated the 140-year-old Parichha Weir in Jhansi as a World Heritage Irrigation Structure (WHIS) on 13 August 2026. The structure...
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) released ₹15.52 crore in Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) proceeds from mustard genetic resources on 13 August 2026 under the Biological Diversity Act,...
