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Endangered Species Skinks & Cahows Interact
As the world marks ‘Endangered Species Day,’ Nonsuch Expeditions is highlighting two of Bermuda’s IUCN Red Listed species — the cahow and skink — noting that the two critically endangered species are interacting on Nonsuch Island where they can “thrive without the threat of introduced predators.” Senior Terrestrial... Read more of this article
Glass Bottles Can Be Lethal To Wildlife & Skinks
Discarded empty bottles “can be lethal to wildlife,” Senior Biodiversity Officer Dr Mark Outerbridge said, explaining that liquid at the bottom of a bottle can result in lizards and skinks entering the bottle, and once inside they often cannot get back out, and subsequently die. In a recent edition of the Envirotalk newsletter, Dr. Outerbridge... Read more of this article
New Report On Skink Population Numbers
Results of a long-term study on the population levels of the critically endangered Bermuda skink have just been made available online. The newly-released paper suggests it will be a long road back from the verge of extinction for one of the rarest lizards in the world, Bermuda’s only endemic vertebrate species. Now critically endangered, the endemic... Read more of this article
Video: Bermuda Skink Visits Cahow Burrow
The camera set up to film Cahows on Nonsuch Island recently caught an unusual visitor, with a critically endangered Bermuda skink stopping by the burrow, wandering around and taking a rather close look at the camera. - “A Bermuda Skink was recently filmed visiting the CahowCam burrow as we wait for the female to return to lay her egg. Historically,... Read more of this article
Seven Skinks Have Hatched At Chester Zoo
Seven skinks have hatched at Chester Zoo, the first time conservationists have bred the critically endangered species outside their homeland of Bermuda. The moment the first skink popped its head out of its egg was captured on camera by the zoo’s reptile experts. The species is on the brink of extinction in the wild, as habitat destruction and introduced... Read more of this article
FIU: Cuban Brown Lizard Discovered In Bermuda
A non-native species of lizard — the Cuban brown anole — has been discovered in Bermuda, according to Florida International University [FIU] biology student James Stroud. An update on the FIU website said, “A two-year conservation project studying the island’s lizard populations led to the discovery of the Cuban brown anole, a species... Read more of this article
UK Zoo Continues Work With Bermuda Skinks
After finding themselves a new home in the Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom earlier this summer, the troubled Bermuda skink is getting a new chance at success as a species as zoo officials begin putting together a guide aimed at helping those with a hand in conservation services on the island to more easily breed and protect the highly endangered... Read more of this article
Minister: ‘Skinks Enjoying Luxury In New Home’
Minister of Environment and Planning Sylvan Richards delivered a Ministerial Statement in the House of Assembly today [July 5] regarding the on-going efforts to preserve the Bermuda Skink. The Bermuda Skink is one of the rarest lizards in the world, and are considered critically endangered. Twelve skinks were transported overseas to Chester Zoo in the... Read more of this article
Video: Initiative To Save Our Skinks
The critically endangered Bermuda Skink — or Bermuda Rock Lizard — is one of the rarest lizards in the world. Adult males and females have shiny brown or black body scales, a pale belly and an orange throat patch. They can grow up to eight-inches long. Juveniles have coppery scales, a pale belly, and have black and cream coloured stripes... Read more of this article
Protected Species Penalties Toughened
New measures approved by Parliament on Friday [Nov.25] stiffen penalties for harming the island’s protected species including the Cahow, Bermuda Skink, Spotted Eagle Ray, Green Turtle, Diamondback Terrapin, Yellowwood, Bermuda Killifish, Bermuda Bedstraw, Bermuda Snowberry and Bermuda Cedar. Amendments to the Protected Species Act will see penalties... Read more of this article
Officials: Six Reports Of Gecko Sightings
Since appealing for the public’s assistance in spotting geckos last month, the Department of Conservation Services has received six reports of gecko sightings. Biodiversity Officer Alison Copeland said they received the reports right after the article was in the press, with nothing since. Ms Copeland said she, “suspects most of the reports... Read more of this article
Seen Geckos Around? Please Report Them
Two new types of lizards, also known as geckos, have been inadvertently introduced to the island and the Department of Conservation Services is seeking the cooperation of the public in reporting any suspected gecko sightings. The Department of Conservation Services within the Ministry of Public Works today [June 9] advised that two new types of lizard,... Read more of this article
Bermuda Was A “Life Raft” For Skinks
Bermuda served as an evolutionary “life raft” for the island’s unique species of skink when it became extinct in North America millions of years ago, researchers say. The Bermuda skink — or rock lizard — thrived here after specimens were carried to the island from the North American continent, presumably by storms or... Read more of this article
