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Bermuda’s coral reefs ‘doing well’ but future is uncertainTuesday, August 10, 2021
Bermuda’s coral reefs could help to protect the island from strengthening storms – if we are able to keep them healthy.
BZS: Kids On The Reef Programme
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] recently completed the ninth year of the Kids on the Reef spring programme, “an immersion programme teaching children the significance of marine conservation and the skills of free-diving.
No vaccinations for BAMZ animals, yet
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
The residents of the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo have not received Covid-19 vaccinations, but that could change as research continues.
Mangrove forest project gets boost from Aspen donation
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
An environmental drive to create a coastal red mangrove forest on Trunk Island has been boosted by a $125,000 donation from Aspen Bermuda.
Support Creation Of Coastal Mangrove Forest
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] has received a donation from Aspen Bermuda Limited to support the creation of a “Coastal Red Mangrove Forest” on Trunk Island.
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After over a year of recuperating at the Bermuda, Aquarium, Museum & Zoo [BAMZ] after losing a flipper, a green sea turtle was released into the wild recently, dropped off about five miles east of Bermuda.
Two weeks ago the BAMZ staff said farewell to “Squirt” — aka “Three Flippers” — after spending over a year helping him to overcome his injuries.
BAMZ Aquarist Steven Davis releasing the turtle. Photo by Nigel Pollard
He has grown to over 4x the size he was when he was brought in to BAMZ in late 2012 after suffering a serious injury which resulted in his losing his front left flipper.
The Green Sea Turtle, as well as a juvenile Loggerhead Turtle, were ferried out on The Endurance boat to a location about five miles east of Bermuda and released into a large patch of Sargasso seaweed.