WSPA responds to Cayman Turtle Farm
WSPA is disappointed to learn that the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) has slashed the price of turtle meat after an unusually productive breeding season. The Farm claims that this measure will help to reducing poaching on the Islands, despite no…
Labels on modified foods would boost prices
From Newsmax Connecticut and Maine recently passed bills requiring labels identifying all foods made from genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and similar legislation is pending in at least 20 states. But labels on GMO foods would have unforeseen consequences and would…
3 Essential Tips for Using the Cloud
By Christina Warren From Mashable Jessica asks, I’ve decided to trust the cloud for my business, but I’m still concerned about reliability. What can I do to make sure I can still access my data and applications if the cloud…
Mars landslides caused by odd double-layered craters
By Elizabeth Howell, Space.Com Contributor for Space.com From Mashable Scientists are a step closer to solving a 40-year-old mystery about some unusual-looking craters on Mars. Called double-layered ejecta (DLE) craters, these features attracted research attention because their debris patterns do…
Weather disturbance/No Carib tsunami warnings/Extinction/Bird survey
DISTURBANCE ORGANIZES IN THE CARIBBEAN By Daniel Phillips From KATC.COM There is no denying it has been an unusually quiet hurricane season so far. Only six named Atlantic storms and none of them have even become hurricanes. Still though…
Cayman’s Fred Burton included in Indianapolis Prize for animal conservation.
Nominees Announced for the 2014 Indianapolis Prize; True Heroes to Vie for Quarter of a Million Dollars in World’s Leading Award for Animal Conservation Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. WorldNow and this…
Deputy Premier Visits Met Office, Radar Station
Deputy Premier and Minister of District Administration, Tourism and Transport, Hon. Moses Kirkconnell, JP, got a quick course in Doppler radar when he recently stopped by the National Weather Service (NWS). Accompanied by Ministerial Councillor Joey Hew, the Ministry’s Chief…
John Nelson’s mystery plant
From Aiken Standard Mystery plant grows in Canada, Caribbean and eastern U.S. The summer’s flower is to the summer sweet — William Shakespeare, Sonnet 94 Ah, late summer: hot and sticky, soft, fragrant mornings, with roiling storms darkening the afternoon…
Flyways and Byways: Hawk-watch sites in Virginia
By Jerry Uhlman Special correspondent Times Dispatch As fall approaches, many thousands of raptors begin their migratory journey south to wintering grounds across the southern United States, Caribbean Islands, Mexico and beyond. Across central Virginia, they follow the Atlantic Flyway…
Secrets of whale shark migration revealed
The world’s biggest fish travels far and wide, a tracking study shows. By Brian Handwerk for National Geographic The world’s biggest fish are hungry migrators on a mission, according to a tracking study that mapped whale sharks’ long journeys around…
