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Study finds microplastics in small cats’ scat

Phalguni Ranjan 14 Apr 2026

Tracking an elusive turtle with genetic clues from nature

Laasya Shekhar 12 Dec 2024

To save the vulnerable fishing cat, protect its threatened wetland habitat

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024
One of the four saltwater crocodiles in Bangladesh with a newly installed satellite transmitter, released into the wild. Image by Md Mofizur Rahaman Chowdury.

Tagging crocodiles with satellite transmitters

Rafiqul Islam 14 May 2024

[Commentary] Rising tides, rooted solutions

Priya Ranganathan 2 Feb 2024
A swimming tiger.

Fences could be a solution for Bangladesh’s human-tiger conflict in the Sundarbans

Rafiqul Islam 28 Jul 2023

How the Sundarbans missed an opportunity to harness solar energy

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Jun 2022
Image shows aquaculture farms in Sundarbans

[Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?

Shaberi Das, Sugata Hazra 20 Apr 2022

[Commentary] Challenges of conservation, cyclones and COVID-19 in the lives of Sundarban residents

Kalpita Bhar Paul 16 Jul 2021

Mangrove plantation drives to protect Jharkhali from cyclones

Partho Burman 15 Jun 2021
Sundarban fishing in river 2 - photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

With depleting fish catch, Sundarbans fishers migrate to other coastal states

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 28 Aug 2020

Salt-tolerant rice, innovations help farmers deal with salinity in the Sundarbans

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar 14 Jul 2020

Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in peril due to sea-level rise, says study

GBSNP Varma 13 Mar 2020

[Commentary] Cyclone Bulbul in the Indian Sundarbans: Another lesson on deltaic vulnerability and resilience

Amrita Sen, Jenia Mukherjee 2 Dec 2019

[Commentary] Surviving in the fragile Sundarbans delta: Will the new government respond?

Amrita Sen 16 Jul 2019

Demand for FRA implementation in the Sundarbans echoes in 2019 general elections

Sahana Ghosh 17 May 2019
Sunderban-Rice-Field

Fixing agriculture a decade after cyclone Aila: A farmer recollects

Sahana Ghosh 3 May 2019

Climate change imperils Sundarbans tiger habitats

Sahana Ghosh 26 Mar 2019

Tiger widows of Sundarbans: Navigating ecology, beliefs and mental health

Sahana Ghosh 28 Dec 2018

Sundarbans women lead the way in making dairy farms organic

Sahana Ghosh 5 Dec 2018