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The Mystery of the Longtail Chicks
Friday, July 01, 2016

Every year the staff at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo [BAMZ] rehabilitate and release a number of White-tailed Tropicbirds, which are almost always known in Bermuda as the 'Longtail' because of its distinctive tail feathers. Adult Longtails do not handle captivity very well, so the birds are typically cared for and released within a few days.


“Kids On The Reef” Educational Programme
Tuesday, June 21, 2016

The Bermuda Zoological Society, and lead sponsor XL Catlin, recently welcomed back Beth Neale of the I Am Water foundation for their fourth annual Kids on the Reef educational programme.


BZS Environmental Youth Conference 2016
Thursday, June 16, 2016

“Managing the Environmental Impact of AC-35” – that was the theme of the eighth biennial Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) Environmental Youth Conference, which was held at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo on Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 March.


BAMZ Holds Grand Re-Opening Of Hall & Shop
Friday, June 10, 2016

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo held an official opening for their renovated Aquarium Hall and new retail shop “Scales and Tales.”


Aquarium Hall and gift shop reopens
Friday, June 10, 2016

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo has reopened its Aquarium Hall and gift shop after months of work.



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Students bring festive delight to Aquarium
Royal Gazette
Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Jonathan Bell
Published Dec 7, 2016 at 8:00 am (Updated Dec 7, 2016 at 7:20 am)

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Berkeley students build an Xmas display at the Aquarium (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)

Their mission was to put a smile on children’s faces.

“That’s actually our motto,” said Berkeley Institute S4 student Jahkaya Douglas, who teamed up with six others to design and build an elaborate Christmas display from scratch for charity. It worked: “The children lit right up when they saw it,” he said.

The event was the Bermuda Zoological Society’s Christmas party for youngsters last Friday night.

Jahkaya worked with Kevin DaCosta, Jayorie Fox, Jean-Pierre Lucas, Camerin Pickering, Jecoa Thomas and Eduardo Vieira to build a wooden sleigh, a throne and set pieces to transform a room at the Aquarium into Santa’s workshop.

Hosting the party took some costuming as well, so that Santa himself could attend with students dressed up as elves.

The group teamed up with Trevor Haynes, head of Berkeley’s carpentry department, as well as English teacher Tonisha

Key Holmes, to raise money for BZS classes and conservation programmes — and also to fund their school trip in February to look at further education in Rhode Island.

Berkeley is one of eight secondary schools that will be awarded donations by PartnerRe, as part of its Dollars for Hours programme, at a special reception tonight at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute — where their handiwork will go on display.

PartnerRe awards $30,000 to each school, pairing them with a charitable community project in the process. The Berkeley Institute students originally planned a Hallowe’en event for BZS, until Hurricane Nicole intervened.

For the Christmas project, the team had to put in a lot of extra hours outside class time to get their sets built, and the work shows: the sturdy sleigh can comfortably hold the entire group.

“They came through with flying colours; we can’t speak highly enough about it,” said Joanne Chrisnall, the volunteer co-ordinator for BZS.

“You can see the level of craftsmanship — and it’s not everyone’s cup of tea to dress up as an elf.”