Recent News

Historic deep sea dive off Bermuda to be celebrated in New York
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

A New York institution is this week preparing to celebrate the 80th anniversary of naturalist William Beebe’s historical Bathysphere dive off the coast of Bermuda.


Turtles fall victim to boats and fishing hooks
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

The public is again being asked to be careful on the Island’s waters to protect sea turtles after the bodies of several young turtles were found with injuries related to human activity.


Photos: Ocean Vet Team Tags Turtles
Monday, August 11, 2014

Dr. Neil Burnie, Choy Aming, and the rest of the Ocean Vet team recently spent a day tagging turtles for tracking, assisting Peter Meylan and Jennifer Gray from the Bermuda Turtle Project.


BAMZ Welcomes Three New Tammar Wallabies
Saturday, August 09, 2014

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo [BAMZ] recently acquired three wild Tammar Wallabies, including two males and a female, all in an effort to help New Zealand to control the population of the species in that country.


Shark puts on an impressive show for film crew
Saturday, August 09, 2014

Spectacular footage of Bermuda’s tiger sharks has been captured by local photographer Choy Aming in a dive alongside ‘Ocean vet’ Neil Burnie, and is set to air on network TV.



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

Wednesday 11th May was Pebbles the seal's 23rd birthday!
Bermuda Zoological Society
Friday, May 13, 2016

Wednesday 11th May was Pebbles the seal's 23rd birthday! 

To celebrate Aquarist Ryan Tacklin arranged for Pebbles to have a separate encounter with him,
as the other three seals were kept occupied in the other pool. He froze some of their fish in a bowl to make her "fish-cake-pop".

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Here are some fun facts about Pebbles!

Pebbles is an Atlantic Harbour Seal. She was born in 1993 at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo.
She was hand-reared from 2 days old. Of the seals we have at the facility,
she is the youngest. In the wild their average lifespan is 25 years.

Pebbles' birthday even made it to the local press! Click here to view her article.

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