Dr. Kumarasamy Thangaraj, a leading geneticist at CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad, has been conferred the Padma Shri by President Droupadi Murmu. Over three decades, his pioneering research has traced the ancestry and migrations of Indian populations, while also steering the Genome India initiative.
A three-year-old tigress from Pench Tiger Reserve was airlifted to Rajasthan and relocated to Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Bundi to enhance genetic diversity. The inter-State transfer, monitored by veterinarians, marked a major step in tiger conservation efforts
American zoologist Laurie Marker has maintained a cheetah sperm bank in Namibia for 35 years, preserving genetic diversity as wild populations drop to under 7,000. The bank serves as a last-resort conservation tool to prevent potential cheetah extinction
