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A multimillion-dollar marine research robot will be based in Bermuda from this summer. The hi-tech Remus 100, designed by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, will be used to collect valuable information on the state of the seas...

Surveillance cameras could help clamp down on illegal dumping at a public dock, a nature enthusiast said yesterday. Jessica Riederer added that “repeat offenders” disposed of waste and that more education would make people think twice before they dis...

An artwork made from trash washed up on beaches went on display at a major international sailing race. The piece, finished yesterday by artist Meredith Andrews, was created for the Argo Group Gold Cup final on Saturday to highlight pollution of the s...

The owners of a controversial dairy farm accused of causing a stink could face legal action from neighbours if they fail to meet a June 30 deadline to clean up their act. Almost 400 people have complained about Green Land Dairy Farm in Smith’s and pr...

Warwick Academy students now have a window on to the world of Bermuda’s threatened bluebirds, including their battles to survive. Thanks to a hidden camera, students and staff were treated to a live feed of chicks hatching in the school’s bluebird bo...

Debris has languished for months at a West End dock with the Government failing to tackle illegal dumping, a Southampton resident has complained. Jessica Riederer said that debris at Ely’s Harbour Dock in Sandys had yet to be removed, despite her fla...

A two-month fishing ban is today to be enforced over an area of water off St George’s to protect a breeding ground for blue-striped grunts. A notice in the Official Gazette said that the minister responsible for the environment was satisfied that the...

A water-quality testing programme has started at the island’s most popular beaches. Environmental health officers started the annual check programme last month. A Department of Health spokeswoman said: “Testing started on April 1 and monthly updates ...

A mural designed to highlight the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas has gone on display at the new visitor services centre in Hamilton. The artwork, created by photographer Meredith Andrews from plastic waste collected from the island’s shorel...

Researchers are checking if a rare variant of sargassum seaweed that has invaded Caribbean coastlines could make its way to Bermuda. Robbie Smith, the curator of the Natural History Museum at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, is working on a stud...