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Deloitte Staff Give Back During “Impact Day”
Monday, November 25, 2013

Staff from Deloitte set aside laptops, phones and office duties recently on Deloitte’s annual Impact Day, a firm-wide day of volunteer service.


“Mystery Specimen” Identified As Fish Bone
Friday, November 01, 2013

A “mystery specimen” was found at Clearwater Beach earlier this year has been determined to be the jaw of a very large Parrotfish.


BZS president presents alternative to Blue Halo
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Yet another option was presented as an alternative to the no take marine reserve being explored by the Government of Bermuda and the Pew Charitable Trust.


BZS Reef Watch 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013

BZS REEF WATCH a citizen-science initiative, building on 10 years of success with the BREAM Programme.


Chelsea the Octopus predicts winner
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Chelsea the Octopus correctly predicted Adam Scott as the winner of the PGA Grand Slam yesterday morning.



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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!

Three Flippered Turtle Released Into The Wild
Bernews
Friday, February 07, 2014

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.

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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.