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…
Scientists explore deep Caribbean trough
From news24 San Juan – The man whose research team discovered the wreckage of the Titanic has now turned his attention to the deepest trough of the Caribbean Sea. Dr Robert Ballard was aboard a 64m research vessel with dozens…
Thrilling “Silver Rush” an added summer dive adventure in the Cayman Islands
By Adela Gonzales White, The Cayman Bottom Times During June, July and August millions of Atlantic Silversides swarm into Grand Cayman’s reefs bringing drama and excitement Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – During the Summer when the coastal waters warm up,…
Save Bio Bay, Don’t Dredge! Petition
Petition published by Cayman Kayaks on Mar 07, 2013 446 Signatures since March 2013. We want more. Target: Cayman Kai Property Owner Association (CKPOA), Cayman Government, DOE, DOT and National Trust Region: Cayman Islands Petition Background (Preamble): We need to…
Traumatized baboon mystery at Dutch zoo
From Global Post Zoologists are baffled by the strange behaviour of a troop of baboons at a Dutch zoo which have become inexplicably withdrawn, apparently fearful of an unseen threat. Zoologists are baffled by the strange behaviour of a troop…
Mini-monsters of the forest floor
From Science Codex Salt Lake City – A University of Utah biologist has identified 33 new species of predatory ants in Central America and the Caribbean, and named about a third of the tiny but monstrous-looking insects after ancient Mayan…
Your brain cells may be capable of outliving you—by a lot
Courtesy of PNAS and World Science staff Some brain cells of mammals can long outlive the animal to which they originally belonged, if transplanted into a different brain, new research suggests. The findings are raising scientists’ hopes that if they…
