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A reinsurance company has donated $12,500 to the Bermuda Turtle Project. Global Indemnity Re, which has supported the Bermuda Zoological Society for four years, made the donation to mark the turtle conservation scheme’s 50th anniversary. Marie Joell...

Giving people the power to take action is environmental charity BEST’s biggest accomplishment, outgoing head Stuart Hayward said yesterday. But Mr Hayward — who is to retire as the group’s chief advocacy officer after ten years — pledged he would sta...

Almost 200 turtles were plucked from the island’s waters this August as the Bermuda Turtle Project continued its conservation work. While fewer turtles were found at offshore sites, the number of small turtles found closer to shore have risen. A spok...

The endangered Bermuda bean has earned a place in a conservation bank intended to preserve international species. Samples of the species, which has been clinging to life in Bermuda, have now been stored at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norweg...

Last year, Joshua Stephens cut free a loggerhead turtle found tangled in an abandoned cargo net in the waters off Wreck Hill. For Mr Stephens, who had long sought a career in marine biology, it was the final piece of the puzzle bringing him to join t...

Conservationist Tony Amos has been recalled by his Bermudian nephew as “an amazing man and an inspiration indeed” in the wake of his passing at the age of 80. Scientist André Raine paid tribute to the award-winning oceanographer, who died last month ...

Environment group BEST is celebrating its ten-year anniversary by urging people to support its campaign to protect Bermuda’s diminishing conservation zones. The organisation was established in 2007, after plans to develop a hospital on the Botanical ...

Children whose parents cannot afford homes with large yards will benefit from a Throne Speech pledge to protect public open spaces, according to environmental group BEST. BEST said Bermuda’s acres of forests and meadows were “dwindling” and praised t...

The Custodian of Historic Wrecks, Philippe Rouja, and the shipwrecks that lie beneath Bermuda’s waters are the focus of an article and short film by CNN Travel. CNN writer Alexander Rosen and his co-producer Joseph Coleman follow Dr Rouja to explore ...

The cahow breeding programme has set new records this year with 61 chicks successfully taking flight. Jeremy Madeiros, senior terrestrial conservation officer and Cahow Recovery Programme manager, said 117 established breeding pairs were recorded, in...

The seventh annual Groundswell Lionfish Tournament is due to take place next Saturday, with competitors gathering at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. Continuing under the banner “Eat ‘Em to Beat ‘Em”, the rules remain in place that lionfish ...

A West End resident is urging boaters to slow down as they pass over the reef south of Daniel’s Head. According to Mark Roberts, snorkellers and wildlife are being put in danger by boats and jet skis zooming close to shore at high speeds. Mr Roberts...