WILDLIFE, NATURE IN MARCH 2024

* Cabinet Approved The Establishment Of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) With Estimate 150 Crores For Year Of Five Years Period Till 2027/28.

* 13,874 Leopards In India, 1.08% Growths As Compared To Previous Census (2018)

* 125 Years Old Galapagos Giant Male Tortoise, Aged 125 Years approximately Passed Away At Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.

NEW SPECIES - 

* Scientists From Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Discovered A New Species Of Head Shield Sea Slug In The Bay Of Bengal And Odisha Boarder, Named After President Droupadi Murmu.

* A New Flowering Plant Found In Arunachal Pradesh Is Named After Hyderabad Scientist G Narahari Sastry (Former CSIR Director Of North East Institute Of Science And Technology, Jorhat ,Assam) 

Named - BEGONIA NARAHARI)))) 

* Researchers From Centre For Animal Taxonomy And Ecology, Christ College, Irinjalakuda Discovered The 4 New Species Of Spiders In Western Ghats In Tamilnadu And Kerala.

a) INDOPADILLA KANNIYAKUMARI, Found In Grassland Of Uper Victory Estate, Kanyakumari.

b) Tetragnatha Jaculator 

c) Tetragnatha Lauta 

d) Tetragnatha Serra 

*  Dr Krishna Chowlu And Her Scientific Team Has Discovered A New Plant Species Belongings To The Genus Cyrtandromoea At West Kameng District Of Arunachal Pradesh.

( The Species Has Named After Dr Sudhansu Sekhar - Of Botanical Survey Of India ) 

Named - Cyrtandromoea Sudhanshui 

*  Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Deep Sea Isopad In Kerala Coast.

It Belongs To Genus Brucethoa 

Named After ISRO - Brucethoa ISRO) 

BOOK - 

* Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Has Published A Book Titled AN Illustrated Guide To The Lepidoptera Of India: Taxonomic Procedure, Family Characters, Diversity AND Distribution