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Researchers are working to study the life hidden in Bermuda’s depths in a bid to understand how to better protect it. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences’ Currents newsletter said the two-year study, led by Tim Noyes, would use a mix of cameras a...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority hopes to get people in the water next month as part of its inaugural Bermuda Dive Month event. The event – created in partnership with the Bermuda dive community – will offer a range of diving classes, aquatic adventures...

Sharks and rays in Bermuda’s waters are to get more protection – but some shark fishing will be allowed. Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday that all sharks except Galapagos sharks, six-gill sharks, gummy sh...

A conservationist said he was “disheartened” by people who tried to swim alongside humpback whales as they passed the island. Andrew Stevenson warned that it could be distressing for the creatures and that their behaviour was unpredictable. He said: ...

Children will learn about sea turtles and their importance to the ecosystem this Saturday during a monthly event at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. BUEI’s theme for this month’s Kids Hour Saturday will offer short films to children aged...

Bermuda is to join Caribbean Disaster Management Agencies in a virtual tsunami response exercise today. Renee Ming, the Minister of National Security, will deliver an opening address to participants of the CARIBE WAVE 22 programme which is scheduled ...

A temporary art exhibition designed to highlight plastic waste in the seas is to open this week. A Plastic Ocean, on show at the former Dog House bar on Hamilton’s Front Street, will feature works created from marine plastic waste by a range of i...

A top US scientific research centre’s ties with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences will open opportunities for Bermudian and American scientists, the head of BIOS has said. William Curry, the BIOS president, said the East End research station’s ...

Bermuda is becoming more vulnerable to storms and its fish stocks are under threat from climate change and rising sea levels, a report has warned. The report said that Bermuda’s waters had become “warmer, saltier, more acidic and less oxygenated...

The launch of a new drive to protect the island’s marine environment will be discussed after representatives of the British Government arrive in Bermuda this week. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said Bermuda would be the first of the Ove...

An environmental charity has set out to raise more than $100,000 to remove scores of abandoned boats that litter the island’s waters. Keep Bermuda Beautiful said it has launched fundraising efforts to tackle the problem of wrecked boats, which the ch...

Efforts to restore the island’s seagrass beds have made slow but steady progress, according to new report. According to the winter edition of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource’s (DENR) Envirotalk newsletter, measures to protect seagr...