Sundarbans literally means "beautiful forest," but as the novelist Amitav Ghosh writes, "There is no prettiness here to invite the stranger in." The largest mangrove forest in the world — home to ...

Anil Mistry’s life changed the day he saw a dying doe in the Sundarbans. Once a poacher, he is now a conservationist who has ...

GABURA, Bangladesh — On a good day in the jungle, honey hunters’ biggest worry is the sting of a giant bee that burns like a red-hot needle. But on other days, they face something far more deadly: ...

MUNSHIGANJ, BANGLADESH — When Rafikul Mali became a pirate in the Sundarbans, he knew he was in for a rough and uncomfortable ride. He’d braced himself for repeated run-ins with fist-size spiders and ...

LAHIRIPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Geeta Mridha lost her husband on Valentine's Day 2014. He was fishing in the backwaters of India's Sundarbans National Park with four others when a ...

In a remote corner of eastern India, far in the jungle and hours by boat from any village, there is a camp with a brightly colored shrine to a forest goddess. Behind a tall fence, a statue of Bonbibi ...

The present study attempts to reveal the impact of salinity on mangrove species in terms of species distribution, and their trend of adapting to salinity changes. The study considers the mangrove ...

LAHIRIPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Geeta Mridha lost her husband on Valentine's Day 2014. He was fishing in the backwaters of India's Sundarbans National Park with four others when a ...