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Plans for a prototype lionfish-culling undersea robot will be unveiled in a PBS NewsHour programme that features Bermuda. Local marine experts, Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley of BIOS and Chris Flook of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources,...

Unpleasant weekend weather led to an unusual discovery by a local diver at Spittal Pond — a pool rife with tiny sea slugs known as blue dragons. Weldon Wade, an avid diver and lionfish culler, said he stopped by Spittal Pond on Saturday because of th...

The black grouper is a highly valued and historically important fish in Bermuda. Not only is it prized for its meat, it also occupies an important ecological niche, according to Tammy Trott. The senior fisheries and marine resource officer at the D...

Conservationists have urged the public not to release unwanted pets into the wild after two piranha-like fish were discovered in a freshwater pond in Somerset. The red-bellied pacu, which have sharp top and bottom teeth and are native to the Amazon a...

A bounty of almost 90 hatched green sea turtle eggs has been discovered at the site of what is believed to be the first on-Island hatchlings for 100 years. The news comes after some 11 baby turtles were found wandering on or around Buildings Bay, St ...

Animal welfare experts have praised the kind-hearted actions of members of the public that helped to save the life of a hawksbill turtle that swallowed a hook and fishing line. Chuck Waldron and his uncle, Keith Richardson, had been fishing off the ...

A squid carcass several feet long that washed up at a beach in Southampton looked so alive that diver Choy Aming had to check to make sure. The four-foot squid was spotted yesterday morning by his friend Travis Lewis, who was working on decking at Th...

March 19, 2015 Dear Sir, A few years ago when lionfish were first recognised as a major problem for our reefs, devastating the local fish population (and especially the juveniles), two fisheries specialists from Florida, where they were ...

New data about Bermuda’s sea turtles, including research tracing the journey of young animals from Bermuda to foreign shores, is to be presented at an upcoming talk. Bermuda Turtle Project co-ordinator Jennifer Gray will host the talk at the Bermuda ...

This year’s whale watching season yesterday got off to a successful start. On the first trip of the season, 30 guests on board the Looking Glass were treated to a sighting of six humpback whales, two of which breached a total of five times in quick ...

A petition calling for Somerset Long Bay in Sandys to be made into a turtle sanctuary has attracted more than 450 signatures. Directed at the newly installed Minister for the Environment, Jeanne Atherden, the petition is now just 30 signatures short ...

Almost 200 turtles have been found dead in Bermuda’s waters in the last six years, with boat strikes accounting for 21 percent of those deaths, according to Conservation Services. A spokeswoman confirmed that 195 turtles have been killed since 2008. ...