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Historic houses could be restored to their original colours thanks to scientists from the United States. The Bermuda National Trust, with the help of American architects and conservation experts, has taken samples from 15 houses across the island, so...

An island environmental charity has asked the public to join a “virtual march” against a global agrochemical business. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce asked people to sign up for the event against the US-based Monsanto Corporation....

Kim Smith has taken over as executive director at the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce. Alma Dismont and Lynne Matcham have also joined the board at BEST, whose long-serving chief advocacy officer Stuart Hayward retired at the beginning...

Bermuda’s efforts to resurrect the endangered cahow have been highlighted this week in Britain. Saturday’s edition of The Times newspaper featured an article by Jim Dixon showcasing the success of the cahow conservation programme. He wrote: “Conserva...

A Smith’s Parish nature reserve has become home to unusual visitors seeking shelter from the stormy weather. A flock of 17 Bonaparte’s gulls were spotted at Spittal Pond on Tuesday, with another five at the Causeway in St George’s. Andrew Dobson, pre...

Sparrow-proof bluebird nesting boxes could help protect the species from invaders, an expert said yesterday. Stuart Smith of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said bluebird boxes were often taken over by sparrows. But the addition of a perspex top and “s...

A plan to build an entrance road over farmland to a new luxury resort has been branded a waste of scarce resources by an environmental charity. The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce said it was disappointed that its Supreme Court appeal ...

Two ponds have been cleaned up courtesy of an island conservation programme. Cloverdale Pond in Smith’s and Southampton’s Evan’s Pond, a refuge for endangered species, were improved through the Bermuda Zoological Society’s wetlands remediation progra...

This year’s cahow breeding season could be a record breaker, experts predicted yesterday. Two thirds of the 125 known breeding pairs were nursing eggs by Friday. And viewers of the CahowCam — a livestream of a nest on breeding site Nonsuch Island — w...

Members of the Bermuda Audubon Society recorded more than 80 different species of birds around the island during the group’s Christmas count. On Wednesday, 18 birdwatchers spread across seven different areas from dawn until dusk and spotted 85 differ...

A reinsurance company has donated $12,500 to the Bermuda Turtle Project. Global Indemnity Re, which has supported the Bermuda Zoological Society for four years, made the donation to mark the turtle conservation scheme’s 50th anniversary. Marie Joell...

Giving people the power to take action is environmental charity BEST’s biggest accomplishment, outgoing head Stuart Hayward said yesterday. But Mr Hayward — who is to retire as the group’s chief advocacy officer after ten years — pledged he would sta...