highlights the winners of the newspaper's annual Christmas short story competition.
The winning stories, selected from 237 entries, were chosen by a panel of three judges comprised of Roger Crombie, Gareth Finighan and Kim Dismont-Robinson. Mr. Cromb...
"A SKINK TAIL'' One winter morning Dill woke up to find dew on fresh green grass, moist bright flowers and a breath, that was smoky when he exhaled. It was one of those days when, it's cold, but the sun is shining brightly to make your skin warm in ...
an expedition to study biodiversity in Zambia.
For one year, Mr. Raine will lead 14 Greenforce volunteers in Kafue National Park, 200 miles west of Lusaka, the capital and near the border with Zimbabwe.
He will act as scientific coordinator while the...
Royal Gazette's annual short story competition.
Nine-year-old Rosie Hall was awarded the top prize from among 206 entries in the under-18 category for her story entitled "Do you Believe in Santa?''.
And Christopher Webster's story -- "Scrooge's Bermu...
A huge study which will eventually aid in the protection of Bermuda's island habitat and species is gathering momentum.
The Bermuda Biodiversity Project aims to prepare a complete databank of the Island's wildlife, vegetation and environment. The tal...
-- to protect an endangered species.
Biologists based at the aquarium are preparing a captive breeding programme to start a new colony of Bermuda skinks.
They will find a pair of the tiny lizards, which are indigenous to Bermuda, and try to begin a b...
A Bermudian mini-Jurassic Park is packed with robust little reptiles, a top university lecturer revealed yesterday.
For Southampton Island in Castle Harbour is home to a thriving population of hundreds of Bermuda's unique lizard -- the tiny skink.
Un...
A Bermudian mini-Jurassic Park is packed with robust little reptiles.
Southampton Island in Castle Harbour is home to a thriving population of hundreds of Bermuda's unique lizard -- the tiny skink. ---- Page 2 JASKSON TOUNEY TO BE SHOWN FNR GLF T...
BIU JUST BREAKING EVEN UNS BIU just breaking even The Bermuda Industrial Union spent about $3,000 dollars less than it earned over the last financial year, its most recently audited financial report shows. ---- Page 2 CUSTOMS NABBIN PASSENGERS CU...
A University of London professor is visiting the Island to help conduct a study on the status of Bermuda's own endemic, terrestrial reptile, the skink.
The study, under the direction of John Davenport, is being funded by the Ministry of Works and Eng...
