Blue iguanas losing the blues and dancing back on Grand Cayman
In another excellent article by David McFadden and appearing all over the Internet web sites, he writes about the come back of Cayman’s “blazing” blue iguanas that has inspired the locals. He writes: QUEEN ELIZABETH II BOTANIC PARK, Cayman Islands —…
Butterflies and balloons at Fukushima
Nuclear meltdowns make everything depressing, and this week, even butterflies and balloons have seen their normally cheery image marred by radioactivity. First butterflies. A paper in the open-access journal Scientific Reports, shows mutations in butterfly populations around the Fukushima plant,…
Nasa Mars Curiosity rover ships back detailed crater images
NASA’s Curiosity rover has shipped back to Earth high-resolution color images of its surroundings on Mars, sharpening our views of an intriguing channel, layered buttes and a layer of cobbles and pebbles embedded in a finer matrix of material. The…
Grand Cayman’s QEII Botanic Park
Jan Hintze August 12, 2012 A few days ago I was on Grand Cayman Island, on my way to Panama for the Heliconia Society International Conference and my daughter took me to visit this garden. It is just beautiful,…
Secretary Blennies and Christmas Trees on Grand Cayman
by Frans De Backer The Secretary Blenny is a small, tube-dwelling blenny that is identified by its brownish to green delicate patterns. Averaging at a size of around one inch in length, Secretary Blennies are difficult to spot when hidden…
Remnants of TD7 will start affecting us from Tuesday
Forecast from Cayman Islands National Weather Service Cloudy skies with a 40% chance of showers and thunder. Temperatures will rise to the mid 80’s. Winds will be east to southeast 10 to 15 knots. Seas will be moderate with wave…
Goodbye Ernesto, Hello Gordon?
From Rob Lightbown, Crown Weather, Thu Aug 9 Tropical Storm Ernesto: Ernesto appears to be strengthening over the far southern Bay of Campeche this morning and it is quite possible that it will attain hurricane strength before making landfall in southern…
Guitar Company Admits To Using Illegal Rainforest Wood
By Lloyd Alter, TreeHugger A year ago, John covered the raid on Gibson Guitars, where the US Fish and Wildlife Service suspected that the company was guilty of violations of the Lacey Act, which prohibits the importation of threatened woods…
Cayman Islands: Beauty Found in The Water
This nice article featuring the Cayman Islands appeared on the adventure signs website If you are planning a vacation in the Cayman Islands you need to make sure that you have an ample slot for water sports and exploring the…
NASA mission gives a peek of rover’s Mars journey
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — NASA’s latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from video footage of the landing to a photo of…
