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The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has received two new grants to help support climate change research in and around the Island. According to a BIOS spokeswoman, recent grants from the National Science Foundation will allow the restoration of th...

Discussions are under way to determine whether a health hazard warning should be removed from the US State Department’s website stating that Bermuda’s beaches are contaminated. A tourist who has visited Bermuda some 30 times contacted this newspaper...

By Simon Jones Hundreds of volunteers were out in force this morning taking part in an Island-wide coastal cleanup. Close to 500 people descended on 38 locations across Bermuda clearing trash both on and off shore. The event, which is part of the ann...

Volunteer divers and snorkellers are being sought for a major reef mapping programme taking place at Elbow Beach tomorrow. The event is part of a project to protect the Island’s reef system, run jointly by the Royal Bermuda Regiment and the Bermuda R...

Excerpts from seven episodes of Ocean Vet starring the late Neil Burnie will be screened over the next two months at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute. The series, which has attracted interest from some of the world’s major networks, incl...

Dear Sir, As someone who gets out on the water every chance I get, I would like to suggest the following. With regard to use of the waterways, and general marine safety, I think that the 5mph and/or No Wake Zone should begin at the Hamilton Princes...

This is the second in a series of commentaries on the proposed development in the South Basin at Dockyard and why the Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce is objecting to it. The main issue is the environmental impact of the developmen...

St George’s MP Kenneth Bascome is urging constituents to keep an open mind to the potential of modifications to Town Cut. The former mayor has long supported the idea of limited changes to the entrance to St George’s Harbour so that small cruise ship...

Andreas Ratteray thought he was the smartest thing in the ocean, until he met some sharks. The 20-year-old had a close call this summer, while touring the Pacific with the Sea Education Association. “I am a pretty short dude and I was with two othe...

A bounty of almost 90 hatched green sea turtle eggs has been discovered at the site of what is believed to be the first on-Island hatchlings for 100 years. The news comes after some 11 baby turtles were found wandering on or around Buildings Bay, St ...

Police investigated a “very disturbing” report of a woman screaming in water off Mangrove Bay — but found it was merely a rowdy party boat. At about 10.20pm on Sunday, Bermuda Radio received a phone call from an employee at Cambridge Beaches resort, ...

A nine-year-old girl has raised $275 for charity after being sponsored to collect bottles dumped in the ocean. Rachael Betschart removed hundreds of discarded bottles after Cup Match. The idea for the clean-up came while she was boating one weekend, ...