Karnataka set to name honeybee, Malabar tree toad as state species | Bengaluru News

Honeybee Honeybees at one of the many flowering trees at Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens. Bengaluru: Ending a six-year wait since experts first recommended the move, Karnataka govt Friday announced it will soon officially declare the honeybee species Tudave Jenu (Apis cerana) as the state insect and the Malabar tree toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) as the state…

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Nagpur preserves endangered plant species to maintain ecological balance | Nagpur News

Nagpur: Preserving plant species that are on the verge of extinction is critical to maintaining ecological balance, Bharat Singh Hada, member-secretary of Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board said on the occasion of International Biodiversity Day on Friday.“There are plants which, if not protected now, will become extinct, and this damages the ecological balance of nature. Birds,…

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