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Caribbean Photo of the Week: Little Cayman

The latest Caribbean Photo comes from Caribbean Journal reader Ruby Marr of Scotland, who sent in this beautiful shot of dive boats coming home at the Little Cayman Beach Resort in Little Cayman. Have you taken a great photo in […]

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A Major Caribbean Marine Institute Is Expanding

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One of the Caribbean’s leading marine research centers is expanding. The United States’ The National Science Foundation has provided a facilities grant to the Central Caribbean Marine Institute’s research center in Little Cayman. The funding is expected to improve operations […]

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Watching Coral in Little Cayman — And What It Means for Caribbean Reefs

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When sea temperatures rise, so-called coral bleaching can occur — that is, when corals turn pale or even white, threatening their existence. But a new project in Little Cayman in the Cayman Islands sought to explore how temperatures affect corals […]

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The Caribbean’s Newest Kitesurfing Destination

The Caribbean has a new destination for kitesurfing: Little Cayman. The island’s Southern Cross Club has acquired Lost Boys Kitesurfing, a kitesurfing operation on Little Cayman, and has now launched a kitesurfing program at the property. “All the teaching is […]


VIDEO: Little Cayman’s Incredible Water

There’s a reason Little Cayman is one of the greatest diving spots in all of the Caribbean: the water. It isn’t just clear — it’s impossibly transparent, a wondrous shade of turquoise and green and blue that will utterly captivate you, […]


Caribbean Home: Your Own Stretch of Beach on Little Cayman

A listing on Little Cayman By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s one of the under-the-radar jewels of the Cayman Islands: Little Cayman. And due to its relative remoteness, that means there are still some stretches of Caribbean sand to build […]

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In Cayman, the Art of Storytelling

Above: Georgetown (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Gimistory, the Cayman Islands International Storytelling Festival, will bring a blend of comedy, song and tales to the territory for the 15th straight year later this month. The festival, which lasts […]


Op-Ed: Cayman's Lionfisher Kings

By Jim Hart, Stacy Frank and Courtney Platt Op-Ed Contributors The lionfish’s day of reckoning may be at hand, however a modest reckoning it may be. These beautiful, voracious feeders, with a prodigious reproductive rate of up to 30,000 eggs […]


New Hope for Nassau Grouper

Above: the Nassau Grouper By the Caribbean Journal staff New hope may be emerging for the endangered Nassau Grouper, following a 10-year effort to protect spawning so-called “aggregation sites” for the fish. A growing and healthy population of Nassau Grouper […]