Call To Earth documentary about species conservation on Bermuda

Call To Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting environmental challenges facing our planet and the dedicated people who are protecting it. The shows focus on conservation initiatives, environmentalism, and sustainability and are told across multiple media platforms including TV, their website (https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/call-to-earth/#/) and social media. The latest documentary (Season 3, Episode 2) will be about Bermuda and the efforts that local conservationists have carried out in order to prevent the extinction of our endemic skink, land snails, and petrel.

 

You will be able to see it on CNN International on Saturday July 8th 2023 at 1:30 pm & 10:30 pm as well as on Sunday July 9th 2023 at 7 am.

 

The episode is expected to go on the Call To Earth website on July 10th

 

A digital article has also been published: 3,000 snails travel 3,000 miles in an effort to save a species. This can be read by visiting https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/22/world/bermuda-snails-reintroduction-c2e-spc-intl/index.html

Summer 2023 Edition of Envirotalk Available for Download

In this issue Dr Mark Outerbridge provides an updated summary of Bermuda’s terrestrial scaled reptiles,  Jenn Rose explains how genetic analysis has revealed something unique about Bermuda’s leafcutter bees, Dr Jonathan Nisbett challenges what it means to be a good pet owner, and Dr Mark Outerbridge describes a curious case of Batesian mimicry

Spring 2023 Edition of Envirotalk Available for Download

In this issue Roma Hayward tells us about the recent stranding of a grey seal, Dr. Robbie Smith reveals that an endemic micro-snail hasn’t gone extinct after all, Dr. Mark Outerbridge provides an update on the recovery efforts for Bermuda’s endemic Poecilozonites land snails, Dan Dickinson describes the results of the latest mangrove spatial study, and the indigenous plant spotlight is on the sea lavender (Limonium carolinianum)

Autumn 2022 Envirotalk Newsletter

The autumn issue of Envirotalk is now available for download.

In this issue, Dr. Joanna Pitt introduces us to a new species of shark- ‘The Ragged Tooth Shark’, Dr. Mark Outerbridge discusses pollinating insect of Bermuda, Dr.Shaun Lavis and associates discuss ‘Solution Pipes’ in Bermuda. Jeremey Madeiros gives us an update on the 2022 Cahow recovery program and finally we have the Indigenous plant spotlight on the Bermuda sedge (Carex bermudiana)

 

August Coral Spawning

Each August, around the full moon, the many species of corals that make up Bermuda’s reefs release gametes into the water. The action of waves and the wind push the spawned material into linear wind rows at the ocean’s surface. The oily spawn has a fishy smell and bright pink colour, and provides food for a variety of wildlife, along with creating the next generation of corals.

Summer Envirotalk Newsletter now online

Summer Envirotalk Newsletter now online

Our summer Envirotalk newsletter is now available for download. In this issue: Dr. Mark Outerbridge tells us why every animal found in a fish’s mouth may not be its dinner..., Alison Copeland describes Bermuda’s three most common land crabs, Native Plant Spotlight on the Beach Lobelia (Scaevola plumieri), Climate wise Bermuda Seagrass Project announces an upcoming talk at BUEI.

Spring Envirotalk Newsletter

Spring Envirotalk Newsletter

In our Spring 2022 Envirotalk newsletter you can read about the new legislation to protect Bermuda’s sharks, hear more about the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease spreading in the Caribbean and Bermuda’s participation in efforts to understand and treat it. This edition also highlights the need for improved dog owner behaviour especially towards pitbulls. You can also learn about the Trap Jaw Ant and Southern Hackberry tree.