Month to celebrate the older person: “Cockroaches”
COCKROACHES By Joan (Watler) Wilson I saw a cockroach crossing the road As fast as his scrawny legs could go Without fear of being squashed to death He didn’t even attempt to go slow * And it wasn’t an ordinary…
Cayman: Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Meeting – Friday 16th October 2020
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) Meeting – Friday 16th October 2020 The DoE will be holding a meeting with local watersports operators this coming Friday 16th October from 9am – 10am at the Government Administration Building (Room 1038) to…
Cayman Turtle Centre’s Camp Shellby returns for mid-term break
Cayman Turtle Centre invites all children, from four to twelve years old, to register for its very own mid-term break camp, Camp Shellby. Children can explore the native wildlife and learn all about their ecosystems with the Centre’s very own…
OECS launches Queen Conch ‘Blue BioTrade’ Project
Friday, October 9, 2020 — During a virtual ceremony held Wednesday, October 8, 2020, the Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), with support from Secretariat for…
Cayman Turtle Centre gets ready to open its doors to the public
Following the passage of Hurricane Delta, staff at the Cayman Turtle Centre (CTC) are busy taking care of the animals, and work on site will continue tomorrow (Wednesday) to reset and prepare the park to be ready for re-opening to…
A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them
When animal tourism resumes in Bali after COVID-19, there is an opportunity to do better by the lives of animals. By Nina Jackel / Independent Media Institute Elephants are chained to small dirt circles covered in feces and are only…
How to fly with your pet
Perhaps we got it wrong, all this time. Icarus didn’t want to get close to the sun; he wanted to catch up with his pet parrot. For those of us who get the pleasure of having animal companionship, the anecdote…
Cayman: CARE Quiz Night is on Wednesday, 7th October !
Come join in the fun and test the gray matter and help raise funds for a worthy cause. Not able to make it on Wednesday, then please help us raise much needed funds by spreading the word about our quiz…
Cayman: Blue Genes Babies – New focused approach to blue iguana conservation
24th August 2020 – The newest clutch of Grand Cayman’s iconic, yet endangered, blue iguanas are hatching at the Blue Iguana Conservation (BIC) facility. Already, 2020 is set to be one of the strongest breeding seasons in recent years, having…
CANARI releases new report on building coastal and marine resilience in the Caribbean
Port of Spain, August 6, 2020 – With more intense hurricanes and climate extremes, mass sargassum influxes and the ongoing challenge of COVID-19, building resilience is a priority for Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS). A new report on “Rising…