Nature

8 Things You Don’t Want To Step On In Bermuda Waters

Take only photographs, leave only footprints - this explorer's maxim applies to the underwater world too! The best way to explore reefs and bays in Bermuda is to stay horizontal on the top of the water, so that you don't risk injuring yourself or mar...

Nature

Field Notes: Sage Bush

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the July 1955 issue of The Bermudian.    To many Bermudians the Sage Bush is regarded as a pernicious weed. Great effort is made to uproot the plants and consign them to the r...

Garden

Flower Power: Agapanthus

Agapanthus, African Lily (Agapanthus africanus) Agapanthus is also known locally a star of Bethlehem, and elsewhere as the blue African lily or lily of the Nile, although this river is far from its native South Africa. It is grown in many Bermuda...

Nature

Field Notes: Sago Palm

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the January 1955 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.  The Sago Palm, well-known to Bermudians, is a representative of the most primitive family of ...

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...