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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!
Jonathan Bell
Published Jun 29, 2017 at 8:00 am (Updated Jun 29, 2017 at 10:15 am)
Celebrating togetherness: from left, Martha Dismont of Family Centre;
Bermuda Aquarium student volunteers Staesha Pitcher and CaVon Raynor,
and Imagine Bermuda founder Glenn Fubler (Photograph supplied)
A celebration of the progressive spirit that toppled a bastion of segregation is to be marked this Sunday, the 58th anniversary of the close of the Theatre Boycott.
The community action group Imagine Bermuda is hosting a family walk around Flatts, including a stop at the home of Edouard and Roslyn Williams, where members of the Progressive Group gathered in secret to plan their watershed stand against the island’s segregated cinemas.
“This is an important period in Bermuda and the world generally, and with everything that’s going on, we need to benefit from and reflect upon these elements of our foundations,” said Glenn Fubler, founder of Imagine Bermuda.
“While forging a shared vision, they came up with the idea of the Theatre Boycott, capturing imaginations across the island, sparking a community-wide collaboration. Within two short weeks of spontaneous, peaceful campaigning, a significantly opened Bermuda was born on July 2, 1959.”
The walk begins at the Whitney Institute at 5.30pm, and will include honoured guests Charles Marshall and Dennis Wainwright, who Mr Fubler called “two elders who have demonstrated that productive mindset in both Flatts and Bermuda in general”.
The walk will also commemorate Flatts history with links to the pioneer radio inventor Reginald Fessenden, and the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, where members of the Progressive Group parked their cars before their meetings to evade notice.
At around 6.15pm, the walk will end at the Aquarium, where BAMZ and the Bermuda Zoological Society are to host a reception with light refreshments, and entertainment including Gene Steede, pianist Willard Burch, and the Russian School of Dance.
Young volunteers will take part, and Mr Fubler said their civic-minded spirit “speaks to what happened in the Boycott”.
He said: “That same community spirit that renewed Bermuda in 1959 can today leverage island sports clubs busy developing young people.
“The aim is to share stories, nurturing a healthy sense of self, and foster connections for future efforts that promote in young people an understanding of the potential of the mindset to remain ‘busy being born’.”