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Seal Named “Northlands”, Set To Leave IslandMonday, March 20, 2023
The seal who was found on Clearwater Beach last month has officially been named Northlands — with Ruby Dill naming the seal after her granddaughter’s school — and Northlands will soon be traveling to the USA with the aim he continue his rehabilitation before being released back into the wild.
Plans Being Made To Send Seal To The USA
Saturday, March 18, 2023
The seal that was found in Bermuda last month — which is only a few weeks old — is “eating six pounds of fish a day, gaining weight, and generally doing well,” and plans are being made to send him to the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, with the same facility that accepted the seal that was found here in 2019, set to assist again.
BZS Trunk Island Cottage Receives Upgrade!
Friday, March 17, 2023
Thanks to the unwavering support of our donors, the Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) has recently completed renovations to the cottage on Trunk Island – the BZS Living Classroom, the jewel in the crown of BZS education. The renovations have expanded the footprint of the current island classroom to encompass an expansion of the sheltered porches for outdoor learning while also providing storage areas for teaching tools.
Over 500 People Attend Lionfish Chowder Event
Friday, February 24, 2023
Chiko&T’s Restaurant won both the People’s Choice and Judge’s Awards at the BZS Lionfish Chowder competition, while The Cloud at the Waterfront, Wahoo’s Bistro, the Loren and the Spot Restaurant claimed second and third place honours.
HSBC Announced as Lead Sponsor of BZS Micro Forest Project
Monday, February 20, 2023
With the impacts of climate change being felt more and more each year, the need for reforestation projects has arguably never been more important and urgent. The Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) today announced that HSBC has thrown its weight behind increasing Bermuda’s biodiversity, as Lead Sponsor of the BZS Micro Forest Project – Bermuda's Official Micro Forest Initiative.
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All the latest updates and news from the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, one of Bermuda's leading visitor attractions!
Simon Jones
Published Jan 31, 2017 at 8:00 am (Updated Jan 31, 2017 at 12:57 am)
Children enjoy an Aqua camp
Thousands of children have benefited from the educational programmes organised by the Bermuda Zoological Society and the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo in 2016.
During the course of the year, students were given a unique insight into Bermuda’s marine and natural environment that included free-diving on the reefs, camping out on Nonsuch Island and exploring Trunk Island.
A group of BAMZ Junior Volunteers also travelled to Madagascar to learn about the country’s extraordinary ecology as well as teach local youngsters and help villagers build a new school.
“It has been an extremely busy year for the BZS and BAMZ,” Ian Walker, BAMZ curator, said.
“From completing the renovations of the Aquarium Hall and hosting an entire weekend of open days, to creating educational experiences for 7,000 students across the island.
Children enjoy an Aqua camp
“Our goal is to carry on providing fantastic programmes to the island’s youth in the hope that we can continue to inspire them to become future conservationists for our small island home.”
Last spring scores of middle school pupils took part in the XL Catlin-sponsored Kids on the Reef Programme, while in the autumn the BZS project was rolled out again with the help of the Neil Burnie Foundation.
Dr Walker added: “In the spring, Beth Neale from the ‘I Am Water’ Conservation Trust joined Alex Amat to run the programme.
“It saw students from TN Tatem, Dellwood, Sandys and Clearwater Middle Schools learn and experience so much about our marine environments, the importance of water, free diving and snorkelling.
“In the fall, Hanli Prinsloo and Peter Marshall from the ‘I Am Water’ Foundation taught over 200 students yoga, deep breathing, reef and fish ecology as well as in-water safety and snorkel skills.”
Children take part in a Bermuda Zoological Society programme
In 2016 BAMZ has also hosted a series of free monthly lectures looking at an array of topics, hurricanes to ants and the ecology of the Sargasso Sea and turtles, while in June the new aquarium hall and shop were officially opened by Cole Simons, the Minister of the Environment.
Dr Walker said: “We are now able to offer a complete showcase for Bermuda’s marine environments and provide a creative and attractive setting for our visitors, bringing our mission to inspire appreciation and care for our island environment to life in a new way.”
More than 600 children attended the summer’s Aqua Camps, while a 12-strong team of high-school students participated in an in-depth course, learning all about Bermuda’s natural history while in residence on Nonsuch Island over a week.
Local and overseas student volunteers also helped the Bermuda Turtle Project capture a record 226 green turtles during the two-week sampling session in the summer.
Children enjoy an Aqua camp
Dr Peter Meylan, one of the project’s scientific directors, said: “The students this year were just excellent, both in terms of their desire to learn about and share their understanding of sea turtle biology, and their willingness to put in the long hours of hard, physical work that it takes to do the sampling.”
Finally in September, Captain Nigel Pollard took a group of scientists out to sea on board the MV Endurance to conduct research on Bermuda’s offshore bottlenose dolphin population for the Bermuda Wild Dolphin Project.
The researchers were able to tag four deep water dolphins as part of the initiative, giving scientists a glimpse into the daily lives of these animals and their travel patterns.