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Former Bermuda resident Tony Amos has been honoured for his work with endangered animal species.
The oceanographer, 78, accepted the Recovery Champion award on Wednesday at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, where he has worked since 1...
DATE: Dec 11, 2015
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Environment
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The One Bermuda Alliance carried out a clean-up of the Jennings Bay Road and Whale Bay area of Southampton on Saturday.
Twenty volunteers, including Shawn Crockwell, the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, and backbenchers Leah Scott and S...
DATE: Dec 09, 2015
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Environment
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Animal lovers are inviting people to support their cause by sporting special bracelets and key chains.
Punish the Deed not the Breed Bermuda is giving away the items free to raise awareness for its campaign.
The group advocates for the welfare of a...
DATE: Dec 08, 2015
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Environment
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Marine explorer Jill Heinerth will talk about her adventures and advocacy next week at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Ms Heinerth will give a lecture on Tuesday, December 15, about her passion for scuba diving, which she combines with...
DATE: Dec 08, 2015
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Environment
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Bermuda has so far been spared the effects of an international coral bleaching event brought on by higher than usual sea temperatures.
In October, the United States-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared the onset of a ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2015
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
With Bermuda’s outdated trash collection routes in dire need of a makeover, GPS systems are to be installed in trucks within a matter of weeks for data gathering to develop a new system.
Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, acknowledged pub...
DATE: Nov 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Trindade petrel has been sighted for the first time in Bermuda.
Wildlife rehabilitator and eco-tour guide Lynn Thorne made the exciting discovery on Friday while on a cahow watch two miles east of the Island with visiting ornithologist Bob Flood a...
DATE: Nov 16, 2015
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Environment
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Conservationists are continuing to monitor a freshwater pond in Somerset where two piranha-like fish were found.
The red-bellied pacu, which are native to the river basins of Brazil, were both more than 50 centimetres long and weighed over eight poun...
DATE: Nov 14, 2015
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Environment
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Six Columbus crabs have found a new home in the UK after travelling across the Atlantic Ocean on the back of a buoy.
The crabs, which measure about half an inch in diameter, are thought to have come from the Sargasso Sea off the coast of Bermuda.
P...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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Environment
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Saltus Grammar School joined forces with environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful to clean up John Smith’s Bay.
Headmaster Ted Staunton said 53 students, staff, parents and “friends of the school” gathered at the beach in Smith’s on Saturday morn...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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