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Turn Down the Lights, Turn Up the Stars
Reducing light pollution in the Islands. By James Solecki, Island Villa Lighting One of the most magical things about life in the Turks & Caicos Islands is that we’re surrounded by beauty in every direction — turquoise seas, white sand beaches, and, on a clear night, a dazzling canopy of stars. Or at least, we […]
Glow with Metallics
Shine beyond limits: Shakem Charles is 2025 TCI Top Model By Courtney Robinson, Founder & Executive Producer TCI Top Model Contest ~ Photos By Renau Destine Photos shot on location at Villa Solara, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands The summer of 2025 marked more than just the return of the TCI Top Model Contest after […]
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Not Your Average Slinky
The Caribbean Giant Centipede. By Bill Rhodes ~ Photos By Marta Morton My two young sons were doing what they always do when we visited the Islands. They were outside our villa sneaking up on unsuspecting lizards, mostly small anoles, to see if they could catch one. In this game of hide and seek, though, […]
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Renaissance Man
Kevin Swann By Jody Rathgeb ~ Photos By Tom Rathgeb To check out Kevin Swann of North Caicos is to check all the ways in which he is a Renaissance Man. His areas of expertise run wide: Construction? Check. Security? Check. Import-export logistics? Check. Auto mechanics? Check. Hospitality? Check. It’s no surprise, then, that this […]
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Turn Down the Lights, Turn Up the Stars
Reducing light pollution in the Islands. By James Solecki, Island Villa Lighting One of the most magical things about life in the Turks & Caicos Islands is that we’re surrounded by beauty in every direction — turquoise seas, white sand beaches, and, on a clear night, a dazzling canopy of stars. Or at least, we […]
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Grave Conch-erns
Queen Conch and the Graveyard Hypothesis By Emma Boling, Sofia Gonzalez, David Marsh, and Emma Pranger, Spring 2025 students ~ Edited by C.E. O’Brien, Associate Professor of Tropical Marine Ecology and Dani Backman, Waterfront Assistant, The School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies, South Caicos ~ Special thanks to Fall 2024 Grave Conch-erns research […]
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Creatures from the Black Lagoon #4
TCI is home to the spineless ancestor of all creatures with a spine. By Dr. Eric S. Cole Sometimes scientists get it so right it’s almost magical. In 1999 Neil Shubin and a small team of paleontologists began flying to the furthest north stretch of land above the Arctic Circle, Ellesmere Island, to excavate an […]
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Starry, Starry Night
How many stars can you see? By Thomas A. Lesser, Former Senior Lecturer, American Museum-Hayden Planetarium In the daytime there is one star you can see — the Sun. At night, the answer is not so clear. Most estimates suggest that one should be able to see some 9,000 stars. Since at any one time, […]
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Fickle Fibre
The ups and downs of the sisal industry on the Caicos Islands. By Jeff Dodge The production of sisal fibre on the Caicos Islands in the mid to late 19th century was an effort to find a crop that would grow on land Loyalists from America had originally planted in cotton. In addition, the government […]
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Glow with Metallics
Shine beyond limits: Shakem Charles is 2025 TCI Top Model By Courtney Robinson, Founder & Executive Producer TCI Top Model Contest ~ Photos By Renau Destine Photos shot on location at Villa Solara, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands The summer of 2025 marked more than just the return of the TCI Top Model Contest after […]
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Burning Down Paradise
Charcoal production is driving forest loss in Turks & Caicos. Photos By Agile LeVin, Visit Turks & Caicos Islands The Summer 2025 issue of Times of the Islands included the feature article “Clearing Away Paradise” by Ben Stubenberg. It described how rampant construction in the Turks & Caicos Islands, especially on Providenciales, is leading to […]
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2025 TCI Top Model Contest Winner Shakem Charles gets to business in paradise. Shakeem is boardroom ready in a double-breasted pinstripe suit, velvet bow tie, and diamond lapel pin. The photo was shot on location at Villa Solara on Providenciales by local photographer Renau Destine.
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