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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
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Environment
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
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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 ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2017
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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...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Environment
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...
DATE: Sep 23, 2016
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The Bermuda National Trust looks forward to celebrating Earth Day on April 22 with a new collection of videos about Bermuda’s precious environment made by Bermuda’s students.
Inspired by the Bermuda National Trust challenge, students will have brain...
DATE: Feb 18, 2016
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Young Observer
Jackie Stevenson got a bush baby for Christmas when she was a child living in Kenya.
The tiny primate, one of many interesting gifts from her father William, made that year especially memorable for the Bermudian artist.
She’s hoping her locally-them...
DATE: Nov 02, 2015
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Arts & Entertainment
A two-year conservation project studying Bermuda’s anoles has uncovered a new species as well as lifting the lid on how the lizard population has expanded across the Island.
The initiative was led by Florida International University’s James Stroud an...
DATE: Sep 24, 2015
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Environment
Discarded glass and plastics bottles strewn along the coastline have become a death trap for one of the Island’s most endangered animals.
Earlier this summer, wildlife ecologist Mark Outerbridge and British student Helena Turner embarked on a pioneer...
DATE: Jul 02, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
Conservationists have embarked on a pioneering new project to monitor and protect one of the Island’s rarest and most critically endangered species.
Wildlife ecologist Dr Mark Outerbridge together with British student Helena Turner have spent the las...
DATE: May 15, 2015
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