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A rare Pigeon Hawk has been nursed back to health by staff at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo after it was found stricken and unable to fly in a garden. The bird, which is also known as a Merlin, was brought into the zoo by a member of the public...

A land snail thought to have been extinct for more than 40 years and an Atlantic turtle are two of more than 100 species which have been added to the Bermuda Protected Species list. A total of 203 species have been included in the Protected Species O...

An environmental group has praised the West End Development Corporation for announcing it would consult the public on the future of the South Basin. In a statement, the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce stated: “This move on Wedco’s part...

Homes and businesses across Bermuda switched their lights off from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday night to mark Earth Hour. Environmental charity Greenrock helped to organise a five-kilometre glow fun run and walk through Hamilton, as well as a night-...

It started out as just helping out a work colleague, but for kind-hearted Antoine Jones it ended up him taking dozens of household’s trash to the incinerator. On Tuesday Mr Jones headed down to Gilbert Hill, Smiths in the work truck to pick up an acc...

The annual Palm Sunday Walk takes place this weekend. Organised by the Bermuda National Trust and sponsored by Endurance, the walk will begin at 2.00pm at the Berkeley Institute, taking walkers through Pembroke to areas the public rarely see. “A map ...

Lionfish is on the menu after it was found on the shelves of a Hamilton supermarket. The Supermart on Front Street started selling the fresh fish after a recreational fisherman brought it to their butcher’s counter as an innovative approach to combat...

Bermuda will celebrate sustainability this Saturday with Earth Hour 2016. While environmental charity Greenrock noted that the community is “slightly on edge” due to the ongoing public demonstrations, they said the celebrations are an opportunity to ...

Mounds of blue-bagged trash at the decaying Devon Springs Recycling Centre have grown into an “eyesore” for area residents. The facility, closed down in 2007 and later damaged by storms and fire, “looks horrible” in the words of a Christopher’s Close...

Efforts to save a “majestic” tamarind tree by the City of Hamilton have been applauded by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce. The tree at the Cedar Avenue entrance to Victoria Park was blown over when Hurricane Fay swept over the isl...

Last week Young Observer met with Shanda Simons, co-ordinator of the Dalton E. Tucker Primary School Eco Club. The club is taking part in the Eco-Schools programme, while also benefiting from the Water Explorer programme. Greenrock has partnered ...

The history of sea turtle nesting on Bermuda’s beaches will be detailed by Wildlife Ecologist for the Department of Conservation Services, Dr Mark Outerbridge, in a lecture at the BUEI next Thursday (March 17). The island once had a thriving sea turt...