Environment

Barbados faces environmental and trade risks if invasive species infiltrate the island due to lapses in import protocols, officials warned on Friday.  Acting Chief Agricultural Officer Michael James urged residents …

Several residents in St George’s Bayley Alley community have been suffering from a lack of running water in their homes for decades, forcing them to rely on neighbours or a …

The island’s garbage collection capabilities have been further boosted with the arrival on Thursday of nine new trucks for the Sanitation Service Authority’s (SSA) fleet.   This is the second …

General Information Millipedes are nocturnal arthropods that are commonly seen around the environment. They can invade homes during wet or cool weather, especially after conditions (high rainfall and or proliferation …

The Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, home to Barbados’s largest remaining mangrove forest, is set to reopen in March following a multi-million-dollar acquisition. The South Coast wetland, closed since 2008, will …

It has long been evident that the world’s richest nations, especially those responsible for the lion’s share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, care little about the existential threats faced by …

ANasa spacecraft has made history by surviving the closest-ever approach to the Sun. Scientists received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe just before midnight EST on Thursday (05:00 GMT …

Meteorologists on Monday issued a severe dust haze warning as a significant Sahara dust plume intensifies over the island, upgrading an earlier advisory issued on Sunday. The Barbados Meteorological Service …

A strong earthquake that hit off the coast of Cuba was felt across sections of Jamaica early Monday morning. The quake had a magnitude of 6.1 and occurred at 1:00 …