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More microforests are set to appear around the island as a Bermuda Zoological Society project to plant more trees and shrubs continues to grow. While five microforests have already been established, it is hoped that another three will be planted befo...

Planning officials have urged the Minister of Home Affairs to reject a conservation management plan for a Tucker’s Point property after the developers cleared a swath of nature reserve to create an ocean view. According to planning documents, RWTP Go...

Hungry Bay area residents have put forward a planning application intended to help protect the island’s largest remaining patch of mangroves. According to a recent planning application the Hungry Bay Restoration Committee and property owner James Tuc...

Researchers are on the lookout for a disease that could be a threat to Bermuda’s coral population — although no cases have been spotted locally. Robbie Smith, curator for the Natural History Museum at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, said stony c...

A whale expert whose love of the subject was sparked by watching the sea creatures in the waters off Bermuda as a child is to deliver a presentation on the subject next week. Nan Hauser, the president and director of the Centre for Cetacean Research ...

Researchers are working to study the life hidden in Bermuda’s depths in a bid to understand how to better protect it. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Currents newsletter said the two-year study, led by Tim Noyes, would use a mix of cameras a...

A conservationist said he was “disheartened” by people who tried to swim alongside humpback whales as they passed the island. Andrew Stevenson warned that it could be distressing for the creatures and that their behaviour was unpredictable. He said: ...

A guide on how to watch whales in safety has been issued by the environment department. The set of guidelines was designed to ensure the safety of the public and minimise the disturbance caused to whales. Officials said March and April were the peak ...

A group set up to preserve and restore the island’s natural heritage is opening a new reserve to celebrate Earth Day on April 22. Karen Border, the executive director of the Bermuda National Trust, which founded Buy Back Bermuda with the Audubon Soci...

Residents across the island have raised alarms this month about unwelcome intruders on their property — centipedes. A spokesman for Bermuda Pest Control said the company has received a surge of calls about the venomous insects — but said it was commo...

Bermuda was in the spotlight over the weekend in a US TV segment that featured an island scientist and a centuries-old sea mystery. The island’s position on the edge of the Sargasso Sea brought a CBS crew to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to...

Scientists have discovered a new species of fish – described as a “living fossil” – in the deep waters off Bermuda. Polymixia hollisterea – a species of spiny-rayed beardfish – was named in honour of Gloria Hollister, a pioneering female marine b...