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Bermuda’s cahow nesting season got off to an early start this year as breeding pairs returned to their burrows quicker than usual. Jeremy Madeiros, the Government’s principal land conservation officer, said: “Many of the birds are returning a week ah...

Wheelie bins will soon become mandatory in the City of Hamilton, according to the municipality. Fines could soon be introduced to penalise those who put out trash early or in inappropriate containers in the city. A spokeswoman for the municipality sa...

The owners of a dairy farm accused by neighbours of causing a stink have rejected a potential buyer after news of the sale was made public before it was finalised. Lidia and Valter Medeiros knocked back the offer and accused the “suitor” interested i...

The Bermuda Government has been required to borrow trash trucks from the City of Hamilton because of its own shortages. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said his public works ministry had faced difficulties collecting garbage all year and would probabl...

A plague of rats in the Botanical Gardens has been tackled by government pest controllers after complaints from the public. Parents said rats have scared park users near the children’s play area in the Paget park, which is Bermuda’s biggest. A mother...

Conservationists captured and released one hawksbill turtle and more than 250 green turtles as part of a research programme this year. The Bermuda Turtle Project team caught 259 green turtles and the hawksbill in a bid to monitor the population and f...

More than 2,300 pounds of trash was collected in a beach and ocean cleanup at Daniel’s Head. A discarded pedal bicycle, old shoes, rope and part of a boat’s hull were among the items found by more than 100 volunteers including schoolchildren. The eve...

A diver told how a shark bumped into him before it “took off” with his spear and the fish impaled on it. Tim Price was hunting invasive lionfish and planned to put any catch on the barbecue to serve for dinner. But a dusky shark had other ideas and c...

Boat owners got a reminder today from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on the safe zones to discharge sewage from their vessels. Sewage is permitted overboard outside of no-discharge zones, beyond the near shore area — or greater t...

A yellow-crowned night heron spread its wings over Spittal Pond in Smith’s yesterday. The elegant birds, found across North America, were once abundant on Bermuda, but were wiped out with early settlement in the 1600s. In 1976, several of the birds ...