26th January, 2026 South-west Approaches, Anguilla Happy National Heroes Day, Cayman! It’s been just over a week onboard and time has simultaneously flown by and stretched out. It’s difficult to know what day it is onboard – at the moment, time feels very much like a concept. I’ve gotten used to the rolling of the
Standing on Seven Mile Beach, it’s easy to imagine the turquoise shallows stretching endlessly into the horizon. But just a few hundred feet offshore, the seabed plunges into one of the deepest ocean trenches in the world — more than 25,000 feet down. This dramatic underwater landscape makes the Cayman Islands unique, and now Caymanian
19th January, 2026 Anguilla Bank, Anguilla After delays to equipment pre-Expedition, it’s my second full day onboard the R.S.S James Cook. The anchors are up, my sea legs have been established (although today is pretty rocky) and the research is finally underway for the “Beyond the Reef” Expedition! Onboard with me are several Cefas Scientists,
The Cayman Islands Department of Environment (DoE) is excited to launch a major new project that will help us better understand and protect the natural habitats that make our islands so special. With support from the UK Government’s Darwin Plus programme, the project – Building Capacity for Habitat Mapping and Condition Monitoring began in October
Our beautiful Cayman Islands have some of the most fascinating and unique native species and habitats in the world. One reason for this is because of how remote we are, hundreds of miles away from continental mainlands, plants and animals developed for thousands of years in isolation before human settlement. Another reason, is because as
The Cayman Islands are more than sun, sand and sea—they are home to ecosystems that sustain life, culture, and community. Our forests, wetlands, and reefs are not luxuries; they are lifelines. But like many islands in the region facing population growth, rapid development and climate change impacts, Cayman must either choose to intentionally preserve and
Over 200 years ago in the 1820’s, French physicist Joseph Fourier was studying how certain gases in the atmosphere could trap heat and first described what we now call the greenhouse gas effect. Later that century, in 1856 American female scientist Eunice Foote showed that carbon dioxide could trap heat. Then in 1896, Swedish scientist
Earlier this year, industry professionals from Government agencies in Cayman and other regional UK Overseas Territories gathered in Grand Cayman to enhance their oil spill response skills through a series of International Maritime Organization (IMO) accredited training courses and workshops. Led by experts from Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and funded by the UK’s Maritime
The DoE continues to receive reports of people feeding wild sea turtles. Feeding wild sea turtles does plenty of harm and NO good! Here’s why: While feeding sea turtles may seem harmless, it disrupts their natural foraging behavior posing serious risks to their health and survival. Turtles fed by humans lose their fear of people