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BZS just misses out on award recognising use of drone technology
Monday, November 07, 2022

An island charity was shortlisted for an international award for its use of drone programming.

The Bermuda Zoological Society was nominated for a Drone Deploy Award for its use of Drone Deploy, an internet-based drone mapping programme.


BAMZ interns get hands-on experience in range of roles
Friday, October 21, 2022

Over the summer the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) had the privilege of affording a multitude of student summer positions at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo (BAMZ), through internship programme placements and volunteer opportunities. Within these roles the students were able to gain industry experience, explore the different areas of the facility, gain volunteer hours for their academic year, and acquire mentorships for their future within the industry of environmental studies and conservation.


Event to give young people a say in Blue Prosperity Plan
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Young people were invited to provide input on how Bermuda can mitigate long-term threats such as climate change as part of a consultation on The Draft Blue Prosperity Plan.


We cannot give up hope, says turtle advocate
Friday, October 14, 2022

One of the highlights of the year for Gaëlle Roth is the Bermuda Turtle Project’s annual turtle round-up.

For two-weeks every August, D Roth, director of the project, scientists and conservation students, come together to capture, weigh, measure, examine, tag and release turtles in local waters.

 


Work of Bermuda scientists to be highlighted at New York event
Saturday, October 08, 2022

The Atlantic Conservation Partnership, a sister organisation to the Bermuda Zoological Society, in partnership with The Explorers Club NYC, will host Heart of the Sargasso Sea: Bermuda's Marine Conservation on October 13 at The Explorers Club headquarters.



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THE CLASSROOM COMES TO LIFE FOR JAYSUN PAYNTER
Today in Bermuda
Monday, August 17, 2015

Written by  Carla Zuill
17 Aug 2015

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Jasun Paynter

What started out as an ordinary summer Sunday morning has turned into the anticipation of an exciting event for one nine-year-old St. George’s boy. Jaysun Paynter, who lives across the street from the Alexandra Batteray beach, tells Today in Bermuda that yesterday started out like every other weekend at home with his parents and siblings.

Until there was a knock on his door.

“It was a man at my house and he asked for a bucket to put turtles in because baby turtles had hatched on the beach. I went and called my daddy and my momma told me to take the iPad outside to take pictures because I had never seen something like this before.”

Jaysun says by the time he got outside there were a number of people standing around watching with interest. The young boy said when he got closer, he saw a number of the baby turtles in the container with seawater his father had provided and several unhatched eggs in the sand.

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The East End Primary student adding that he knew from attending camp at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum  and Zoo that it was normal for the mother turtle not to be present as it lays its eggs at night and then leaves the area.

“I was excited because I’d never seen anything like this before. It was really interesting because it was something I’d learned about but never thought that I would see.”

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When asked what happened to the hatched turtles, Jaysun says: “ The man took the turtles to the Aquarium and then someone came down here to look at the area.”

And as it turns out, there was a bigger surprise than what Jaysun expected as the beach has now been closed by the Department of Parks until at least this coming Wednesday.

According to a Government spokesperson, staff from BAMZ are currently stationed at the beach to monitor the hatchlings and, along with Parks rangers, will advise anyone who visits the site of the closure.

Maintenance staff from the Department of Parks have been instructed not to rake the beach until receiving clearance from the Department of Conservation Services.

Thus far, 15 hatchlings have been found, 12 of which have been released to sea.