The Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park is pleased to announce the official launch of its vibrant Native Plant Collection, now on display and available for purchase at the Park’s Kirkland Nixon Visitor Centre.
The Mosquito Research and Control Unit continues to face a tough battle against elevated mosquito numbers across Grand Cayman, but recent trap data show numbers are beginning to move in the right direction.
The Ministry of Health, Environment and Sustainability (MHES) and the Public Health Department (PHD) are advising residents to take precautions to protect themselves from the effects of Saharan dust.
On June 1, 2026, the Department of Environment (DoE) identified 70 + fragments of Staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) in a coral nursery that had been set up at Smith Cove without the necessary National Conservation Council (NCC) permit permission.
While mosquito numbers remain higher than what residents would consider comfortable, extensive aerial larviciding and ground-based control efforts carried out in recent weeks helped reduce the size and duration of the emergence.
The Department of Agriculture (DoA), under the Ministry of Planning, Lands, Agriculture, Housing & Infrastructure (MPLAHI), continues to actively respond to reports of spiral whitefly infestations across Grand Cayman, with teams working daily to assist affected residential properties and commercial
As part of World Ocean Month 2026 celebrations and as we work to increase positive impact on the environment in final years of the United Nations designated “Ocean Decade”, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) is proud to introduce the Doug Allan Ocean Sustainability Awards
While larviciding will not completely stop all mosquito emergences, this proactive approach plays a critical role in significantly reducing the number of mosquitoes that eventually emerge.
The environmental lobby group Sustainable Cayman is raising an alarm over records it says it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) relating to the East-West Arterial extension through the Central Mangrove Wetlands in Grand Cayman.
The summer of 2023 was the hottest on record and brought with it one of the most extensive global coral bleaching events.