The Sundarbans , the world's largest mangrove forest, straddling the border of Bangladesh and India, is a vital stronghold for the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). In a really engaging interview ...

The Sundarbans may be where the tiger also makes its last stand. There are 1,500 left in India's reserves and jungles -- compared with about 3,600 six years ago and an estimated 100,000 a century ago.

In the Indian Sundarbans, countless women have become widows after their husbands were killed by Bengal tigers while working in the forests. These “tiger widows” not only face the heartbreak ...

World Tiger Day is celebrated every year on July 29. A day to spread awareness about the declining number of tigers in the ...

July 29 is celebrated as World Tiger Day every year. While the tiger population has increased in recent times, let us take a ...

Forest officials pointed out that the distribution of BLCs could not be started this year as a revision of the existing list of BLC-holders is currently underway and waiting for approval from the chie ...

Explore 9 of India's wildest tiger reserves—from mystical ruins in Ranthambore to the swampy Sundarbans—where history, danger ...

The Sundarbans villagers, too, have enabled the strays unwittingly. During the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, several of them had returned from cities after losing jobs.

Forest Conservator for Wildlife Zone Tapan Kumar Dey told bdnews24.com: “83-130 tigers were found in Bangladesh and India parts of the Sundarbans during the survey that extensively used cameras ...

Tigers stalk as storms, poverty force Indians deep into mangrove forests By Devjyot Ghoshal January 13, 20216:52 PM PSTUpdated January 13, 2021 ...

SHAPIRO: Oh, yeah, the Sundarbans are also home to a large population of Bengal tigers. Unlike most large cats, they are happy in the water and swim for miles from island to island.

India and Cambodia have signed a tiger reintroduction agreement to reintroduce tigers in Cambodia. India has also created 55 tiger reserves like the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve referred to in the video.