SAVE THE DATE: July 18th

May 10, 2015

This July BIOS will again host the Groundswell Lionfish Tournament, a festival and fishing competition designed to spread awareness about this aquatic nuisance species. Mark your calendar and bring a fork! It’s time to Eat ‘Em to Beat ‘Em.


Students Experience Bermuda from Shore to Sea

May 19, 2015

There’s no denying that a lionfish, beautifully striped yet as pesky as a rat, is intriguing to see up close. For a group of 12- and 13-year old Bermudians, who dissected and even tasted the fish during a Spirit of Bermuda voyage, it was a highlight of their four-day journey.


An Environmental Engineering Challenge, with a Twist

March 29, 2019

How could a group of 15 students from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds—and separated by hundreds of miles— work together to address a real-world ecological issue? That’s what a team of educators is set to find out with new funding from the National Geographic Society.


By Diving Deep, A BIOS Scientist Exposes Lionfish Invasion

January 29, 2015

Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley has been studying the legendary corals around Bermuda for more than a decade. As she dove to collect small coral samples for genetics studies during her doctoral research, she saw not only the island’s underwater beauty, but also the explosive growth of a foreign invader on the reefs — the lionfish.


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