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Sunderbans tiger count steady, but prey base not enoughEven though there is euphoria over a minimum 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a new study shows the prey abundance is supporting not more than...
- Nothing truly Bengali about Royal Bengal Tiger?
Gene studies say that the Sunderbans tiger population is identical to the tiger population of central India and has been isolated recently,...
Vets to study virus turning tigers into maneatersBritain’s Wildlife Vets International (WVI) plans to study whether a virus common among Indian dogs was infecting tigers of the Sunderbans ...
Sunderbans has more tigers than official estimateA recent camera-trap study by WWF-India and the West Bengal forest department has detected the presence of at least 77 tigers in the mangro...
- Ten Sunderbans tigers to get collars
The forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans where population dynamics of the big cats has al ways remain...
- Ten tigers to be radio-collared in Sunderbans
The forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans, where population dynamics of the big cats has always remain...
Shrinking prey base forces tigers to change behavioural patternSeventy-year-old Haren Mondal of Jamespur is familiar with the tiger's odour.
- Sunderbans mystery cat one of its kind
The Sunderbans has revealed at least one of its mysteries. In the depths of its mangroves, lives a one-of-its-kind feline — the melanistic ...
- Tiger attacks turn honey collector into tiger protector
He survived thrice from the vicious attacks by Royal Bengal Tigers of the Sunderbans, but ironically this experience turned Niranjan Raptan...
- Tiger census ends in Sunderbans
A tiger census in Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, ended during which data and scats for DNA samplings of the big cats were...
- Tiger census begins in Sunderbans
The much-awaited tiger census in the Sunderbans, where DNA sampling would be made for the first time to establish the number of big cats, b...
- Sunderbans will drown in 60 years: WWF
The World Wildlife Fund has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of th...
Sunderbans will drown in 60 yrs: WWFThe WWF has warned that days are numbered for much of the sensitive Sunderbans eco-system and in 60 years vast tracts of the rare mangrove ...
- DNA sampling for tiger census in Sunderbans
The West Bengal government for the first time will conduct tiger census through DNA sampling of the animal's scat in Sunderbans in January ...
- Dead tiger in Sunderbans had swallowed king cobra
The 14-year-old tiger that was found dead two days ago in Sunderbans of West Bengal had swallowed two snakes, including a venomous king cob...
- Tiger pug marks found in South 24 Parganas district
Pug marks of a pair of tigers from Sunderbans were found at Ambikanagar, in Kultali of South 24 Parganas district, days after a tigress str...
- Speedboats for tackling strayed tigers
Close on the heels of incidents like tigers straying into human habits, the Forest Department will purchase advanced speedboats to rescue t...