KOLKATA: The third edition of the Sundarban Bird Festival witnessed an impressive increase in migratory bird sightings, with a total of 154 species and approxim ...

Both the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers, originating from the Himalayas, drifted large amounts of sediments and contributed to the emergence of the Bengal Delta. These two rivers nurtured the delta ...

If you’re in the Sundarbans and you skip the boat ride, did you even really go? After a dinner that made me question my ability to ever diet again and a sleep so deep that even a Royal Bengal Tiger ...

Its position in the low-lying Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta makes it exceptionally susceptible to a confluence of climate-induced disasters: Rising sea levels, intensified flooding (exacerbated by ...

Pilgrims take a dip in the Ganges Delta off Sagar Island ... China is proposing more dams in the Brahmaputra basin, potentially jeopardizing the mangroves’ remaining freshwater supply.

The Sundarbans estuarine mangroves, spanning the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers along the Bay of Bengal, constitute the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem. This expansive ...

The Sundarbans, located on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal, also help buffer coastal communities in Bangladesh from the cyclones that frequently strike the ...

The name comes from Bengali and means “beautiful forest”. The Sundarbans cover an area of 10,000 square kilometers in the delta of the largest rivers in South Asia, the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna.