WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN MARCH 2025

NEW SPECIES - 

* A New Bat Species Has Been Discovered By Global Research Team.
RESEARCH Team In Collaboration With Srilanka, India And Thailand Under The c SRINIVASULU, Head Wildlife Biology And Taxonomy Lab, University Osmania 

( NAME - HIPPOSIDEROS BRACHYOTUS) 

* The Two New Jumping Spider Species Have Been Discovered In Western Ghat.

* HABROCESTUM SWAMINATHAN ( In The River Bank Of Kunthi) Has Been Named After Dr M S Swaminathan 

* HABROCESTUM BENJAMIN ( Collected From THUSHARGIRI) Named After Suresh P Benjamin ( Srilankan Based SPIDER Specialist) 

* A New Round Worm Species Has Been Discovered By Odisha ZSI Team.

( NAMED CRASSOLABIUM DHRITIAE) 

* It Is Named After Zoological Survey Of India (ZSI) Chief Dr Dhriti Banerjee 

* Discovered In Keonjhar District, Odisha 

* A Wildlife Researchers Team Including Tejas Thackeray (Son Of Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray ) Has Discovered Three New Species Of Bent Toed- geckos - ( Cyrtodactylus) From Nepal.

* Scientists From BRIC- DBT NCCS Pune Have Isolated And Sequenced A Novel Bacterial Species MARISEDIMINICOLA SENII Sp Nova From Antarctic Sediments.

* Researchers At National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources ( NBFGR) Under ICAR Has Discovered A New Species Of Congrid Eel 

*  Named After - Tamilnadu

* A New Species Of Spider Has Been Spotted In Amboli, Sindhurgarh, Maharashtra 

* SPECIES Name - Indothele Amboli (After Amboli) 

* Researchers From Berhampur University In Collaboration With ZSI Discovered A New Marine Parasitic Species in Odisha 

* Researchers Discovered A New Snail Species From Gireshwar Temple, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra 

( Named After - THEOBALDIUS KONKONENSIS) 

 * Punjab Government Plans To Develop JHAJJAR- BACHAULI Wildlife Sanctuary As First Leopard Safari Destination State.

* Tamilnadu Launched The Hornbill Conservation Initiative To Protect Threatened Species In Western Ghats.

* Scientists From Department Of Entomology BHU (Agriculture) Have Discovered A New Species Of Insect ( NAMED AFTER - MAHAMANA PANDIT MADAN MOHAN MALVIYA ) The Team Was Lead By Professor M Raghuraman.

 * New Wild Ginger Species, ZINGIBER JAGANNATHII, Has Been Discovered In Similipal Biosphere reserves In Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

RARE SIGHT - 

* India's Rarest Wildcats The Caracal Has Seen First Time Ever In Rajasthan ( At Mukundrahill Tiger Reserves) 

* For The First Time Eurasian Otter captured In Pune, Maharashtra

FIRST IN - 

* Darjeeling Zoo, West Bengal Has Became The First In India To Launch A Project To Preserve DNA Samples Of Wildlife In Hills.

* The Karimphuza Wildlife Sanctuary Have Reported 63 New Species Of Odonets, Butterfly, Bird's.

\NEW TIGER RESERVE IN INDIA - 

* MADHAV TIGER RESERVES Became The India's 58th Tiger Reserves, 9th Tiger Reserves For State Madhya Pradesh.

* Byrnihat, Assam- MEGHALAYA Border Town  Became The World's Most Polluted in 2025.

*  Union Minister For Forest Climate Change Bhupendra Yadav Has Shares The News Of First Captive Bred Great Indian Bustard Chick Of 2025.

 DOLPHIN CENSUS - 

India's First Ever Survey On River Dolphin Has Completed In Four States ( With 6300 River Dolphin).

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Chaired The 7th Meeting Of The National Board For Wildlife At Junagadh, Gujarat.

PERSON PASSED AWAY - 

* An Eminent Wildlife, Biologist, Dr Ajith Kumar Passed Away.

AWARDS - 

FIRST JADAV PAYENG AWARD ( FOREST MAN OPF INDIA) - 

Telengana Based Water Conservationist M Karunakar Reddy Received The First Award Named After Assam's Jadav Payeng ( An Environment Activist)

PERSON PASEE AWAY - 

* South African Conservationist Vincent Van Der Merwe, Known For PROJECT CHEETAH Has Passed Away.

* * Gunter Bloschl Wins The Stockholm Water Prize 2025.