At the end of a quiet fuel dock in Nanny Cay on Sept. 9, a green turtle was swimming lazy laps around a circular blue tank, making a loud blowing …
September 22, 2021
April 26, 2021
Deadly coral disease continues to spread
Continued efforts to monitor Virgin Islands reefs for the highly infectious stony coral tissue loss disease are finding that its spread shows no sign of slowing down. A “coral strike …
November 24, 2020
Tagging turtles, for science
Matt Anderson, an instructor at Sail Caribbean Divers, was helping someone chase down a turtle in the water near Oil Nut Bay when a slower one cut in front of …
May 25, 2020
New coral disease is here, experts say
A highly infectious coral disease that has been spreading rapidly through reefs in the northern Caribbean has reached Virgin Islands waters, biologist Dr. Shannon Gore confirmed this week. On Sunday, …
March 13, 2020
VI prepares to fight new coral disease
In January 2019, Dr. Marilyn Brandt, a research associate professor at the University of the Virgin Islands, scuba dived among a patch of coral near the airport in St. Thomas. …
