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A major five-year effort is under way to protect Bermuda’s seagrass beds – and the species that rely on them to survive. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the ministry launched a restoration project last summer and installed large mesh...

Efforts are under way to protect Bermuda’s native seagrass beds – and the species that rely on them to survive. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said the ministry launched a restoration project last summer, installing large mesh cages over...

The Department of Planning’s Customer Self-Service website will be unavailable tomorrow while the department carries out an upgrade of its online management system. The upgrade is part of a plan to enable people to submit planning applications onlin...

Cahow nesting season “kicked into high gear” this week. Experts said another record-breaking year for the critically endangered birds was expected. Jeremy Madeiros, terrestrial conservation officer with the Department of Environment and Natural Resou...

Families rescued a sick turtle stranded on an East End beach yesterday. Samantha Tyers said she and her family were walking near Fort Hill Bay near the southern end of Cooper’s Island in St David’s just before noon when her children told her there wa...

A new moth has set up home in Bermuda – although how the species arrived is a mystery. The “exceptionally large” fig sphinx moth was first recorded in Bermuda in October 2017 and their numbers have risen since then. Claire Jessey, an entomologist wit...

This year’s hurricane season underlined the need to protect Bermuda’s national bird, researchers have said. Jeremy Madeiros, the chief terrestrial conservation officer at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said in the winter edition...

Empty warehouses in Dockyard could become a new West End base for Marine and Ports, according to a planning document. The plans, submitted earlier this month, propose turning three unused warehouses on the eastern side of Freeport Drive into workshop...

Pupils enrolled in a competitive volunteer programme through the Bermuda Zoological Society have been given a second chance to complete it in the wake of Covid-19. The Junior Volunteer programme requires a year-long commitment to support the Bermuda ...

A special sanctuary for seagrass has been created in a lagoon on Ireland Island in an effort to guard a protected habitat from a protected species – green turtles. Grates have been installed at both marine entrances to the lagoon to protect the area ...