Shitanath Sarkar and his large family lead a precarious existence in the Sundarbans delta. "Inch by inch, my single hectare of land gradually disappeared in front of my eyes. I fear one day our whole ...

People in India know the Sundarbans as a beautiful and dangerous patchwork of mangrove islands covering nearly 4,000 square miles extending into Bangladesh. It is also home to a variety of rare and ...

KOLKATA, (IANS) – Air pollution poses a significant threat to the Sundarbans, a crucial mangrove ecosystem in West Bengal that protects the region from extreme weather, warns a recent study by leading ...

India, habitat of two of the world's most powerful cats -- the tiger and the lion -- possesses stunning landscapes that are endowed with flora and fauna. On International Forest Day in 2025, we ...

Among the species sighted, 57 are migratory, and 111 are resident, said an official of the Sundarban Tiger Reserve, which ...

In the Sundarbans, forest officer Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury battles poachers and deadly traps, showing how vigilance keeps the world’s largest mangrove forest — and its tigers — alive ...

In the Sundarbans delta, where social prejudice often hardens into tradition, a programme initiated by a Calcutta-based ...

In a remote corner of eastern India, far in the jungle and hours by boat from any village, there is a camp with a brightly colored shrine to a forest goddess. Behind a tall fence, a statue of Bonbibi ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Authorities on India's eastern coast are on alert after a tanker and another vessel collided, spilling more than 350,000 liters of furnace oil into the waters of the Sundarban ...

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