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Environmental science scholarships awarded by BZS
Monday, August 30, 2021

A group of environmental science students have had their hard work rewarded with scholarships from the Bermuda Zoological Society.


BZS Awards Steinhoff Scholarship & Pye Award
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

The Bermuda Zoological Society [BZS] has awarded the BZS Steinhoff Scholarship to Caroline Alexander, Isabella Murdoch, and Treiana Zuill, while Freyja Kermode was the recipient of the Pye award.


Collapse of seagrass beds threatens survival of marine life
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

The Bermuda Turtle Project is anxious to get back out onto the water this month to get a clearer picture of sea turtle abundance. Due to the restrictions brought upon us all by the pandemic, we have been unable to do any in-water research for nearly two years and it would appear, from observations, there have been some drastic changes in our marine environment.


Seagrass beds have ‘completely collapsed’ in last four years
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Many acres of seagrass beds crucial for the survival of sea turtles and other marine life have “completely collapsed” over the last four years, according to a leading environmental group.


BZS’s Kids on the Reef programme: an insider’s look
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

The Bermuda Zoological Society recently completed its ninth year of the Kids on the Reef programme, which is generously sponsored by AXA XL. This year, the BZS sent Megan Dodd, a university student studying strategic communications and marketing, out with a student group so that she could provide a first-hand account of what the students experience and learn over the two-day programme.



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Birthday surprise for Pebbles the seal
Royal Gazette
Friday, May 13, 2016

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Happy birthday!: aquarist Kascia White presents Pebbles with her cake of fish

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Special day: Pebbles is treated to some fish

It’s not every animal that is treated to a birthday surprise.

But for Pebbles the Atlantic harbour seal, it must have felt like all her birthdays had come at once on Wednesday when she was given a frozen cake of fish.

All the other seals at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo were kept to one side as staff gathered to wish the 23-year-old seal happy birthday.

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Feeding time: head aquarist Lisa Ray with Pebbles as a pup

Pebbles, who was born at BAMZ in 1993, is the youngest of the aquarium’s seals and was hand-reared from two days old.

In the wild, the average lifespan of an Atlantic harbour seal is about 25 years.