An environmental charity has raised serious concerns over Government’s decision to grant access to a nature reserve for campers and their vehicles over the Cup Match holiday.
The reserve – Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve – is categorised as a Class A ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2022 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Sarah Lagan
Conservationists have highlighted the plight of two “critically endangered” endemics on the island, the cahow and the Bermuda skink.
Nonsuch Expeditions used Endangered Species Day to put a spotlight on the species.
Jean-Pierre Rouja said: “This Enda...
People in Bermuda will join millions around the world today to celebrate the planet and its environment for the 52nd annual Earth Day.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, said Earth Day had grown since 1970 into “the most prominent secular event...
DATE: Apr 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s endangered skinks are soon to cross paths with a thriving invasive species that already outnumbers the entire native population.
James Stroud of Florida International University said the brown anole lizard had been recorded “living in some ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s latest lizard arrival, the brown anole, appears to be thriving but is prompting concern over the island’s endangered natives.
The lizards, first seen in 2014 and recently spotted on the grounds of Aberfeldy Nursery in Paget, are suspected t...
DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
For the first time, the endangered Bermuda Skink has been bred outside of the island — at the Chester Zoo.
The breeding programme in tandem with the British zoo, begun in 2013, has just yielded a total of seven hatchlings — a milestone in the species...
DATE: Sep 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Environment | AUTHOR: Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is now just a week away from hosting its biggest ever international event — and the eyes of the world are on the island.
Yachts have arrived in their dozens, noticeably growing numbers of tourists are on the streets and, with construction wor...
DATE: May 19, 2017 | CATEGORY: Other | AUTHOR: Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 300 children, teachers, camp leaders and parents flocked to Spittal Pond this morning to take part in the Bermuda National Trust’s annual Children’s Nature Walk, taking the opportunity to learn about Bermuda’s environment and history.
“Many ...
Environmental groups have urged walkers to stop piling rocks on top of each other in the island’s national parks.
The Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust say the practice of prising rocks from the natural formations and creating to...
When Mitchell Robinson was 15 his parents gave him a leopard gecko.
They bought him the unusual gift after watching him devour books on reptiles.
The 23-year-old admits that it’s a “weird” fascination.
His dream is to become a herpetologist, the stud...
