Turtle Farm loses almost 300 turtles due to system failure
Cayman Islands Turtle Farm has been in operation for over 40 years but last month they had the first incident of its kind. The death of 229 young turtles. A break in a main pipe that supplies sea water broke…
TD 5 is now Tropical Storm Ernesto and forecast to visit us as a hurricane
Hazard Management says “be prepared” Hazard Management Cayman Islands and the National Weather Service are currently monitoring Tropical Depression number 5 (now TS Ernesto) which is located east of the Windward Islands. TS Ernesto 5 does not pose an immediate…
Grouper Spawning, Cayman Islands
Researchers from the Reef Environmental Education Foundation and the Cayman Islands Department of Environment study one of the last great reproductive populations of Nassau Grouper. Normally a solitary species, during the winter full moons Nassau Grouper travel, sometimes over great…
Tropical depression Five may be heading for the Cayman Islands
Tropical Depression #5 Will Affect Barbados & The Lesser Antilles Tonight Through Friday Thursday, August 2, 2012 5:28 am by Rob Lightbown of Crown Weather Tropical Depression #5: Invest 99L was upgraded to Tropical Depression # 5 late yesterday afternoon…
Amazing Lightning photograph
This amazing photograph of f lightning appeared recently on the Weather Underground website that was posted by a blogger there. We just had to share it with you and hope we don’t see anything like this here in Cayman. It’s…
Bonaire, Marine Biology, Rare Species, Parribacus Antarcticus, The Slipper Lobsters of Lac Bay, July 2012
The Slipper Lobsters of Lac Bay, July 2012
Invest 99L Slowly Becoming More Organized
Invest 99L Slowly Becoming More Organized & May Develop Into Tropical Storm Ernesto & Affect Barbados, The Southern Leeward Islands & The Windward Islands On Saturday Placed Tuesday, July 31, 2012 5:55 am by Rob Lightbown www.crownweather.com Invest 99L, which…
Don’t Swim with Lone Dolphin, Warns DOE
Over the past two weeks, the Department of Environment (DOE) has received several reports of a bottlenose dolphin approaching boats in the North Sound, swimming back and forth within small areas for hours or days and rubbing against moorings and…
The Encyclopedia of Earth features new article about the Cayman Islands
An excellent article published July 29 and updated July 30by lead Author World Wildlife Fund on The Encyclopedia of Earth website (www.eoearth.org) features the Ecoregions of the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands has two main ecoregions that occur entirely or…
Little seahorse filmed in the Cayman Islands
Frans De Backer was in the Cayman Islands recently and filmed a little seahorse at Lighthouse Point, West Bay on Grand Cayman. The 2 minutes of footage is available to see on the website Vimeo.com Frans said, “Not much words…
