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The public have been advised to exercise extra caution while in or near the sea because of an increase in the presence of Portuguese man-o-war. A government statement said that Portuguese man-o-war can be identified with their bluish gas-filled float...

Scores of dead seabirds have been found washed up on South Shore beaches in the wake of Tropical Storm Alex. According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources the cause of death of the greater shearwaters is probably due to the annual ...

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...

Bermuda is to become a field station for a new study on the songs of humpback whales, it was announced yesterday. The study, “Sound of Science”, will explore differences in song trends and phrases between North Atlantic whales and their South Pacific...

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 ...

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...

Bermuda has joined forces with Caribbean countries in a research project designed to examine the lives of Atlantic whales. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has teamed up with the Caribbean Marine Mammals’ Passive Acoustic Observato...

An insurance group has pledged $50,000 to a charity focused on marine conservation and education. Aspen Insurance will offer payments over two years to help Waterstart with its experiential learning programmes and restoration projects. JP Skinner, th...

The Bermuda Zoological Society today announced virtual Shark Week. The event will offer daily presentations from experts and marine experts and will also coincide with the BZS’s World Ocean Day celebration on June 8. Alex Amat, the co-ordinator of ...

Some scientists journey to to the opposite side of the world to discover new forms of life – but a researcher in Bermuda found possible unknown species in his lab’s plumbing. Leocadio Blanco-Bercial, an ecologist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sci...