Threatened butterfly vanishes in last Florida refuge
BAHIA HONDA KEY, Fla. (AP) — For more than a year, Bahia Honda State Park biologist Jim Duquesnel traversed the nature sanctuary with two hopes. He wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly and rid the Florida Keys outpost of…
Pelican perched on a pole
People driving past the Prospect Point roundabout in the morning will probably have noticed a pelican, perched high on a light pole. Environmental Field Officer with the National Trust for the Cayman Islands, Stuart Mailer has identified the bird, named…
Mutant mosquitos may be a human health risk
GM mosquitoes created by a British laboratory and released in Cayman as part of an experiment could thrive in the wild to pose a risk to human health and the environment, it has been claimed. The warning comes from GM…
Prawn to be wild!
Scientists discover a new species of shrimp here Scientists from a UK university have discovered a new species of shrimp off the coast of Cayman. The find was made by a team from Southampton University who also discovered the world’s…
Rains kills at least 28 in southeastern Brazil
JAMAPARA, Brazil (AP) — A mudslide caused by two days of downpours has killed at least 13 people in a small town in southeastern Brazil, and another 11 are listed as missing, the head of the Rio de Janeiro state…
New snake in Tanzania: ‘Fierce, probably venomous’
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world’s newest snake has menacing-looking yellow and black scales, dull green eyes and two spiky horns. And it’s named after a seven-year-old girl. Matilda’s Horned Viper was discovered in a small patch of southwest Tanzania…
Grouper ban extended for eight more years
The Nassau Grouper fishing ban in the Cayman Islands has been extended for eight more years. The ban on fishing Nassau grouper from aggregate sites around the Cayman Islands has been extended another eight years. “Currently the fishing of spawning…
Quake hits Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has struck the southern coast of the Dominican Republic without causing any reported damage or loss of life. Local rescue officials and the U.S. Geological Survey say the earthquake struck at…
Anne Part 87 – CONCLUSION
We continue our serialisation of Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson When Anne’s cheeks finally were dry a little cobweb tie had been formed between herself and Heathcote. He had learned it from another, and that other, of course, a woman….
Bag the plastic and become green
Following the ground-breaking success of last year’s plastic bag reduction campaign, Cayman BECOME is now embarking on another round of campaigning to further reduce the use of plastic bags on the Islands. Last year’s drive saw Foster’s, Hurley’s and Kirk…
