Rarely, a vine. A troop of fiddler crabs guarding holes in the mud. A big mangrove crab low on a trunk. Some insects. A tricolored heron perched on the stilt of a mangrove root. I leaned over the ...

Indonesia’s mangroves have high biodiversity importance. Indonesia’s mangroves serve as crucial fisheries habitat (nursery, habitat, and source of food) and are home to numerous endangered, threatened ...

It is found in mangrove forests where it feeds on crustaceans, mollusks, and insects, said Subhadarshani Pradhan, a mangrove pitta researcher. The scientific name of this bird is Pitta megarhyncha ...

How are the Sundarbans tackling natural and manmade threats, and can they keep doing this? How did the study arrive at its results? What does the study tell us about the functioning of mangroves?