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Update on Cayman Islands’ MRCU/Oxitec research collaboration

GRAND CAYMAN (GIS) – Government and UK-based biotechnology company Oxitec are entering the next stage of a collaborative research project. Begun in May 2018, the initiative seeks to pilot and assess the role of Oxitec’s self-limiting, non-biting, maleAedes aegypti mosquitoes…

Fuselage section of Ariane 5 launch vehicle found on Grand Cayman during beach clean-up

During the Dart Green Team beach cleanup last Saturday (10), member Dominic Ross discovered part of what he thought was an aircraft fuselage that had been washed up onto the sand at Barkers. West Bay. Upon further investigation from the…

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Telemedicine to cancer screening: 5 Million Euro INTERREG CARES projects to boost OECS health

Friday, November 9, 2018 — Improving health services for every citizen has been boosted with Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélémy and OECS Member States launching INTERREG CARES initiative (Cooperation, Accessibility, Referrals, E-Information System) in Saint Lucia on October 31, 2018. The 5 million…

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Mystery corals of the Caribbean: Porites

By NICOLE HELGASON From Reef Divers.io Now, this is a question I must ask my most serious coral loving colleagues. How to tell the difference between all these Porites corals? *Looking to solve the mystery scroll to the bottom for…

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Caribbean Currents: Global warming is now a fact that is hard to deny

By Johann Calhoun From The Philadelphia Tribune Caribbean leaders today are challenged to solve economic problems that are created from natural disasters like hurricanes and flooding. Small islands have the highest risk of being first impacted by rising sea levels….

12 Nov Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 Dist.

  12 Nov Mon 2018 Tropical Report     Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 700 AM EST Mon Nov 12 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. A vigorous tropical wave…

11 Nov Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 Dist.

11 Nov Sun 2018 Tropical Report     Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 700 AM EST Sun Nov 11 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. Satellite data indicate that a…

10 Nov Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report, 1 Dist.

  10 Nov Sat 2018 Tropical Report     Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 700 AM EST Sat Nov 10 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. A tropical wave located…

9 Nov Weather in Cayman & Tropical Report

  9 Nov Fri 2018 Tropical Report     Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 700 AM EST Fri Nov 9 2018 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical cyclone formation is not…

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Another invasive species found on Grand Cayman during Green Iguana cull

A second invasive lizard species has turned up during the Department of Environment’s (DoE) ongoing hunt for Green Iguanas. This Knight Anole (Anolis equestris – see attached photograph) was discovered last week at Vigoro Nursery on Agricola Drive in Lower…