Beyond the iconic tiger, the Sundarbans is alive with crocodiles, river dolphins, snakes, and more – making it one of the world’s most diverse mangrove ecosystems.
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 last month, Mondal’s daily life underwent some subtle, yet drastic changes. The engine on his ferry stopped emitting noxious fumes. He no longer needed costly fuel, which occasionally spilled ...
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Tigers return but hunger lurks in Sundarbans

Khulna, Jan. 26 -- The recent rescue of a Royal Bengal Tiger after it was caught in a deer snare has once again drawn attention to rampant poaching and the widespread use of deadly traps deep inside ...
About 300 people and 46 tigers have been killed since 2000 in human-tiger conflicts in Bangladesh’s Sundarbans. Authorities here have decided to install fencing along the rivers and canals that the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. Jun 27, 2025, 10:30pm EDT The name "Sundarbans" means "beautiful ...
KOLKATA: Camera traps - installed in the Indian Sundarbans between last Nov and this Jan during the routine annual exercise to monitor tiger population on the delta - have revealed presence of a pair ...
Mud crabs—species of Scylla—are among the most important architects of Sundarbans creek ecosystems. Yet across large parts of the forest, these engineers are being removed at a pace and scale that the ...