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Bermuda is to become a field station for a new study on the songs of humpback whales, it was announced yesterday. The study, “Sound of Science”, will explore differences in song trends and phrases between North Atlantic whales and their South Pacific...

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: ...

A guide on how to watch whales in safety has been issued by the environment department. The set of guidelines was designed to ensure the safety of the public and minimise the disturbance caused to whales. Officials said March and April were the peak ...

Bermuda was in the spotlight over the weekend in a US TV segment that featured an island scientist and a centuries-old sea mystery. The island’s position on the edge of the Sargasso Sea brought a CBS crew to the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences to...

Bermuda has joined forces with Caribbean countries in a research project designed to examine the lives of Atlantic whales. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has teamed up with the Caribbean Marine Mammals’ Passive Acoustic Observato...

An insurance group has pledged $50,000 to a charity focused on marine conservation and education. Aspen Insurance will offer payments over two years to help Waterstart with its experiential learning programmes and restoration projects. JP Skinner, th...

The Bermuda Zoological Society today announced virtual Shark Week. The event will offer daily presentations from experts and marine experts and will also coincide with the BZS’s World Ocean Day celebration on June 8. Alex Amat, the co-ordinator of ...

Some scientists journey to to the opposite side of the world to discover new forms of life – but a researcher in Bermuda found possible unknown species in his lab’s plumbing. Leocadio Blanco-Bercial, an ecologist at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sci...

An amateur photographer captured his first successful whale-watching expedition on a drone – and his film later racked up hundreds of views on social media. Danny Rogers-Johnson, 34, said that the minute-long drone footage was watched by at least 1,...

A freediver who posted videos of a chance encounter with dolphins and whales attracted thousands of viewers from around the world. Raf Baran, 27, added that he was “awestruck” when a pod of 15 dolphins joined him and his girlfriend as they swam off S...

Divers Choy Aming and Blake Burgess came to the rescue of a distressed turtle this week after an appeal for help went out on social media. Tara Leane Sullivan, whose house overlooks Hamilton Harbour, spotted the turtle struggling to stay afloat some ...

A baby mako shark was spotted just a few feet from shore twice last week. Melissa Ray said she spotted the shark as she walked near near the flagpole flagpole on Front Street at about 5pm last Monday. She added: “At first I thought it was a stick, or...