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The Best-Kept Secret in Costa Rica Is a Margaritaville Beach Resort With a Swim-Up Bar and an All-Inclusive Option

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The Pacific shifts its nature throughout the day at Playa Flami: at sunrise, it is soft and reflective; by afternoon it deepens into a richer blue that brightens the entire shoreline. This is the setting that defines Margaritaville Beach Resort Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, a beachfront refuge in Guanacaste where Pura Vida meets a refined […]

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Protecting a Rare Caribbean Songbird

By Dave Ewert CJ Contributor The Kirtland’s warbler, one of North America’s rarest songbirds, is very picky about where it calls home. It migrates a long distance to winter in The Bahamas every year after breeding each summer in young jack pine stands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario, its exclusive breeding area. The restricted habitats […]

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VIDEO: A Grouper Eats a Lionfish

By the Caribbean Journal staff The invasive lionfish is an increasing problem in the Caribbean, and more and more people continue to devise ways of tackling the problem. But nature may be working on its own fight against the invasive species. In what’s believed to be the first documented evidence of its kind, a diver has […]

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This Caribbean Island Is Growing New Coral Reefs. Here’s How.

Above: the newest coral nursery in Bonaire By the Caribbean Journal staff The threats facing coral reefs in the Caribbean are not new — neither is the reality of their dwindling numbers. But one island is doing something to save them: by growing new coral. Through its Coral Restoration Foundation, Bonaire has been growing new reefs […]


VIDEO: A Grouper Eats a Lionfish

Above: coral antlers at the property’s artificial reef By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean’s largest resort project is expanding — into the ocean. But now how you might think. The Nassau project has an ongoing initiative in the shores of Cable Beach, aiming to create the optimal conditions for coral and marine life. The “eco-reef” project […]

US Virgin Islands Joining Caribbean Conservation Initiative

Above: St Croix (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journals staff The United States Virgin Islands has officially endorsed the Caribbean Challenge Initiative, Governor John de Jongh announced. The CCI, which was launched in 2008 with support from the Nature Conservancy, aims to promote greater regional leadership in protecting the Caribbean’s coastlines and harbours. The endorsement […]

Rum Journal: A Reef Rum Punch From St Thomas, US Virgin Islands

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor We can’t guarantee that – to borrow a phrase from Madonna – you’ll feel “like a virgin” after this cocktail. But you will feel in a Virgin Islands state of mind after a few swigs of this Reef Rum Punch, one of the signature frozen drinks at Frenchman’s Reef […]

Tiger Shark Found Dead Near Mustique

Above: a tiger shark By the Caribbean Journal staff Sustainable organization Sustainable Grenadines Incorporated (SUSGREN) is investigating the death of a large tiger shark near Mustique. The shark was found floating on Wednesday in Rutland Bay in large quantities of seaweed, according to SUSGREN. In a release, SUSGREN said it was an “unusual occurrence” in […]

Caribbean Coasts at Risk

By Michael W Beck, PhD CJ Contributor TWO WEEKS ago, I was gunning the boat hard for the cut into Hatchet Bay, the “Safest Harbor” in the Bahamas. When I felt the cold air blast of a coming thunderstorm, I went full throttle. Just then, a single bolt of lightning split the sky and cracked right […]

Bahamas, University of Miami Sign Memorandum on Marine Science

Above: the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Agriculture and Marine Science Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. The MoU “formalizes the collaboration efforts between to two institutions in education, research, […]

In Nevis, Feeding Fish With a 7-Iron

Above: eco-friendly golf in Nevis (CJ Photo) IT’S THE only time you can play golf and feel great about hitting it in the water. It’s the newest initiative of the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis — a “green” driving range of sorts, replete with eco-friendly balls that dissolve into fish food within around 72 hours of […]

Climate Change Isn't Main Culprit in Decline of Coral Reefs: Report

By the Caribbean Journal staff Just one-sixth of the original coral cover in the Caribbean remains. And if things stay the way they are, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next two decades, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. But that doesn’t have to be the case, the IUCN said […]