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The first longtail of the year to hatch out of hundreds of nests monitored around the Castle Harbour area in St George’s took to the skies for the first time on July 4.
Live-streamed footage was taken of “Sunny”, a White-tailed Tropicbird chick, from...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Lovers of Bermuda’s iconic Longtail can now watch a chick being raised by its parents in a nest on Nonsuch Island thanks to modern technology.
Following on the wildly popular cahow cam, the longtail cam is a livestream of a chick hatched on April 24...
DATE: May 03, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Hidden cameras on a nature reserve have recorded the hatching of another cahow chick, the second this season.
JP Rouja, the Nonsuch Expeditions team leader, said the bird broke free from its egg on Nonsuch Island on Sunday with researchers, students ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers have carried out a genetic study of Bermuda’s baitfish to help develop a management programme for the several species in island waters.
Baitfish, also known as fry, often school in coastal waters and different species group together in “b...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A view into the nest of the Bermuda longtail will be available via a new live stream.
Nonsuch Expeditions, the organisation that runs the popular CahowCam project, has branched out for its second iconic local bird and could record a longtail chick ha...
DATE: Apr 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The owners of a dairy farm accused by neighbours of causing a stink have rejected a potential buyer after news of the sale was made public before it was finalised.
Lidia and Valter Medeiros knocked back the offer and accused the “suitor” interested i...
DATE: Oct 24, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
US researchers have shone a light on Bermuda’s glow worms.
Scientists at the American Museum of Natural History discovered the chemical that gives the Bermuda fireworms their glow is unique.
The study published in PLOS One found that a “luciferase en...
DATE: Aug 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A cahow egg on the protected sanctuary of Nonsuch Island has begun to show signs of imminent hatching, which can be watched live via the online CahowCam.
Jeremy Madeiros, the chief terrestrial conservation officer, spotted the cracking during a routi...
DATE: Feb 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A government department dedicated to ensuring the island’s sustainability has been dismantled, leading green campaigners to fear that environmental issues are not a priority.
The Sustainable Development Department was formed to put into action the Su...
DATE: Apr 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The underwater war being waged on Bermuda’s lionfish took a giant leap forward yesterday morning as a prototype submersible robot caught one of the invasive predators via remote access.
A hefty team of scientists, conservationists and roboticists ga...
DATE: Apr 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan