Locals say that every year, the water gets saltier, the flooding gets worse, the cyclones more violent and the tigers closer. ‘I had my back to the forest when the tiger pounced and dug its claws into ...

Climate change has forced tens of thousands out. "I know I have a beautiful home," one islander says, "but ultimately it will go into the womb of... The Vanishing Islands Of India's Sundarbans People ...

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Approximately 1,874 square kilometres of the forest consist of rivers, canals and wetlands, creating a dynamic ecosystem that ...

Kolkata: The fourth Sundarbans Bird Festival kicked off on Friday. The inaugural and orientation session of bird festival was ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Authorities on India's eastern coast are on alert after a tanker and another vessel collided, spilling more than 350,000 litres of furnace oil into the waters of the ...

In the dense mangroves of the Sundarbans, where human paths often cross with those of Royal Bengal tigers, faith and folklore intertwine to provide protection from the unknown. Dakshin Rai , the ...

LAHIRIPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Geeta Mridha lost her husband on Valentine's Day 2014. He was fishing in the backwaters of India's Sundarbans National Park with four others when a ...