Birdwatchers and conservationists rejoiced as the third Sundarban Bird Festival 2025 recorded an impressive 154 bird species. Held from 22 to 26 January, the event celebrated the region’s rich ...

About 154 species of birds were spotted during the third Sundarban Bird Festival. Aimed at the promotion of avifauna, the estimation exercise was held from January 22 to January 26, during which ...

A three-day bird expedition in the Sundarbans at the start of this year has recorded 153 species and 31,927 birds. The sightings also included non-migratory birds. Among the total number of species ...

Kolkata: Scientists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, discovered a new species of wolf spider on Sagar Island in the Sundarbans. The species, Piratula acuminata, marks the first recorded ...

Kolkata: In a first, the Bengal forest dept has planned to develop a ‘gene bank' in the Indian Sundarbans for 14 rare, endangered and threatened mangroves species, including sundari, golpata and pasur ...

The region’s largely Dalit and Adivasi populations survive from day to day as the changing weather leaves no part of life ...

The Tiger Project undertook its bi-annual tiger census of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (the core zone of which is the Sundarbans National Park and World Heritage site) from the 7 th to 14 th December ...