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‘Daisy’ on road to recovery after surgeryFriday, January 08, 2016
A loggerhead turtle that underwent a three-and-a-half-hour operation to remove a large rusting hook from her trachea is making a steady recovery.
Doctors fight to save turtle
Thursday, January 07, 2016
A seven-strong team of hospital doctors and marine experts worked around the clock to give a stricken loggerhead turtle a fighting chance of life.
Two BZS Lecture Series Installments Coming Up
Wednesday, January 06, 2016
The Bermuda Zoological Society is getting set to present two lectures in the coming months, including talks by Kimberley Zuill, Director of the Bermuda Weather Service, and Dr. Robbie Smith, Curator of the Bermuda National History Museum.
Marine turtles project gets charity donation
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Efforts to study and promote marine turtles have been boosted by a donation from Global Indemnity Reinsurance.
Teachers Discover What Trunk Island Can Offer
Thursday, November 19, 2015
The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] recently held professional development workshops for Primary, Middle and Senior school teachers, with the workshops focused on “Discovering Trunk Island and What it Has to Offer.”
The BZS has been running a campaign related to Trunk Island in Harrington Sound, with the BZS aiming to help provide classes that utilize the island as a “living classroom” to some 3,000 students.
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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!
By Mark Prior
Published Aug 13, 2013 at 1:48 pm (Updated Aug 14, 2013 at 4:53 pm)
Heading off: Turtle Venti Anni, sponsored by RenaissanceRe, heads for the
ocean at Clearwater Beach this week at the start of the Tour de Turtles.
Two juvenile green sea turtles are being tracked by scientists as part of the Tour de Turtles Race on the Rock.
The pair were fitted with a satellite-tracking device on the back of their shells and released this week from the Clearwater Beach area in St David’s.
The devices will allow scientists to track their movements over the next three months and learn more about sea turtles’ feeding habits and migratory patterns.
The research will then be used to help determine the best ways to protect the reptiles.
Tour de Turtles was started in 2008 by Sea Turtle Conservancy, a Florida-based organisation that provides online tracking of sea turtles.
“We’re excited about Tour de Turtles because it engages both the community and scientists with sea turtle research,” said BAMZ principal curator Ian Walker. “It allows people to get involved in the process and gives them a greater understanding and appreciation of this endangered species.”
Tour de Turtles Bermuda is a collaboration between the Sea Turtle Conservancy, the Bermuda Zoological Society, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, Department of Conservation Services and RenaissanceRe.
The turtles’ progress can be viewed at www.tourdeturtles.org/Bermuda.
For more information telephone 293-2727 or e-mail edofficer.bzs@gov.bm.