Home & Garden

Satisfying Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes (Jpomoea batatas) are a tropical plant that thrive in Bermuda’s warm and sunny climate. There are several varieties grown locally. The orange skin and fleshed “US Yam” type potato is always in demand. Boniato w...

Nature

Hog Bay Park

From its rocky coastline and panoramic views to lush trails and an agricultural heritage as rich as its soil, Hog Bay is a parkland oasis with a little something for everyone. Turn the clock back to 1617 and imagine a young man of 26 with a theo...

Nature

About Jellyfish & Portuguese Man-O-War

  Strolling along the beaches of Bermuda, during certain wind conditions especially, you're likely to find troves of what look like deflating bluish balloons. Large numbers of Portuguese men-of-war, or Physalia physalis, are dumped unceremo...


Nature

Naturally Speaking: Starlings

“It rained five days/ The sky has turned black as night,” Bessie Smith famously wrote. Last spring, that blues song kept ringing in my head during what seemed more like five months of rain in Bermuda. So when the sun finally broke out, one marvel...

Nature

What is Citizen Science Tourism and Can it Work Here?

Nature’s Fairyland, Isles of Enchantment, Islands of Endless Summer, where you can Let Yourself Go, Feel the Love and experience So Much More. Since its first promotional advertisement in 1914, Bermuda has capitalised on its warm climate, blue waters...