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Only two people have backed a controversial plan for ATV tours in the West End, while more than 400 are opposed to it, the Minister of Public Works said yesterday. The news came in a response by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch to parliamentary questio...

A scheme to take invasive lionfish out of the sea and put them on dinner plates is to expand. The number of hunters is to double and permits will run for a year instead of six months. Tammy Warren, senior marine resources officer, said: “Initially it...

Sparrow-proof bluebird nesting boxes could help protect the species from invaders, an expert said yesterday. Stuart Smith of the Bermuda Bluebird Society, said bluebird boxes were often taken over by sparrows. But the addition of a perspex top and “s...

All of Bermuda deserves a say on controversial plans to run commercial quad bike tours in sensitive areas of the West End, one of the men behind the proposal said yesterday. Rudolph “Buddy” Hollis said: “It’s a venture that is designed specifically t...

The site of a former house owned by the City of Hamilton is to become a nursery for baby trees. Work has started to turn the Par-la-Ville Road site into a mini-forest for young trees that will be transplanted to other sites around the City when they ...

A new exhibit about the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle was unveiled at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute yesterday. Bermuda Triangle: Unlock the Secrets opened at the BUEI’s Ocean Discovery Centre, with John Rankin, the Governor, Jamah...

More than 600 lionfish were speared last month as hunters dived into the fourth annual Winter Lionfish Derby. Organiser Corey Eddy, who published a PhD thesis on lionfish in Bermuda, said that while the number of hunters doubled since last year, the ...

Two environmental groups have expressed concern after complaints about a controversial plan for commercial quad bike tours were dismissed by the Minister of Public Works. The Bermuda National Trust said it was disappointed with Lieutenant-Colonel Dav...

Researchers are to launch a new study to find out if Bermuda’s coral can adapt to climate change. Samantha de Putron and Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley of the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science have teamed up with Hollie Putnam of the University of Rhode...

When Aerial Williams went fishing, a turtle was the last thing she expected to find at the end of her line. The turtle, who she named Bridget, then had to go through surgery to remove a fish hook lodged deep in her gullet. After months of rehabilitat...