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Glowing review for BAMZ
Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo has again received international accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).


Turtle sanctuary petition nears 500 target
Monday, June 23, 2014

A petition calling for Somerset Long Bay in Sandys to be made into a turtle sanctuary has attracted more than 450 signatures.


Turtles tagged in Bermuda in the 1990s are spotted in Central America
Friday, June 20, 2014

Turtles that were tagged in Bermuda nearly two decades ago have been spotted in Central America.


Bermuda Tagged Turtles In Costa Rica & Mexico
Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Bermuda Turtle Project has revealed that three turtles originally tagged in Bermuda in the 1990s have been seen on nesting beaches in Costa Rica and Mexico, each bearing titanium tags that were put on them during turtle tagging sessions by the Bermuda Turtle Project.


Bermuda-tagged turtles nesting in Mexico
Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Bermuda Turtle Project is pleased to announce that three turtles, originally tagged in Bermuda in the 1990s, have been seen on nesting beaches in Costa Rica and Mexico, each bearing titanium tags that were put on them during turtle tagging sessions by the Bermuda Turtle Project.



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Historic deep sea dive off Bermuda to be celebrated in New York
Royal Gazette
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

By Owain Johnston-Barnes
Published Aug 12, 2014 at 8:00 am (Updated Aug 12, 2014 at 11:32 am)

A New York institution is this week preparing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of naturalist William Beebe’s historical Bathysphere dive off the coast of Bermuda.

The New York Aquarium, located in Coney Island, will this Friday unveil a new display of drawings and paintings by German nature artist Else Bostelmann, all based on Dr Beebe’s first hand descriptions of the deep sea life he observed during his record-breaking August 15, 1934 dive.

The American researcher and his partner, Bathysphere inventor Otis Barton, plunged 3,028 feet into the waters off Nonsuch Island — more than five times deeper than any diver had previously reached.

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Ocean exploration: The bathysphere being lowered into the ocean in the 1930s and, in the
right-hand image, Dr William Beebe and Otis Barton can be seen looking out from the bathysphere

As he went down, he kept in telephone contact with the surface and described what he saw outside, describing a number of never before seen species. His descriptions and sketches were then put to paper by Ms Bostelmann.

While at the time some of the depictions were deemed fantastical, many of the drawings were found to be astonishingly accurate when the discovered fish were later photographed.

Several of her drawings were donated to the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo by Dr Beebe and have been displayed on the Island in the past, but according to the New York Daily News some of the work being put on display this week have been in archives for more than 70 years.

The exhibit, titled Drawn from the Depths will remain on display until at least Labour Day, but could potentially remain in place for the rest of the year.