"The light that comes from wisdom never goes out"
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Just like all snake species that live in the territory, the Virgin Islands tree boa is completely harmless. In fact, it …
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Scientists from the United Kingdom-based Kew Gardens have completed a three-year study investigating how endangered plant species have managed to survive in certain areas of the Virgin Islands even following …
Experts say the Virgin Islands is already feeling the effects of climate change, which includes warming oceans, prolonged droughts, and more intense storms such as the hurricanes of 2017. A …
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Birdwatching is easier when you know where to look. Luckily for those on the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count in Anegada on Jan. 5, Rondel Smith Jr. is an expert. …
The board of directors for the Social Security Board was mostly empty for about five months in early 2020, but leaders couldn’t offer a clear explanation for that fact last …
What began as a volunteer-led effort to protect the environment in the 1960s grew over the decades into a professionally staffed organisation in charge of managing 21 national parks, restoring …
Despite heavy rain on Saturday, more than 100 volunteers equipped themselves with waders and gloves, transplanting 632 red mangrove seedlings across the territory. Of those, 204 seedlings were planted in …
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Following media reports of a letter to National Parks Trust employees stating that they will not be paid during any further lockdowns this year, NPT Director Dr. Cassander Titley-O’Neal issued …
The loss of revenue from tourists visiting the Virgin Islands has put the National Parks Trust in a position that Director Dr. Cassander Titley-O’Neal never thought possible. Facing a $450,000 …
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The toppled ficus tree in the J.R. O’Neal Botanic Gardens sits like a giant covered in moss. And yet it is still very much alive, its roots firmly planted in …
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Thousands of cans of Diet Coke have washed ashore on the beach near Paraquita Bay, and residents are scratching their heads trying to figure out where they came from and …
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It was about 1 a.m. on the island of Great Tobago, and Susan Zaluski was trying to capture a magnificent frigate bird. She stepped gingerly across guano-spattered stones, shining her …
