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Posting a Glimpse of the Past

Rare early picture postcards of the Turks & Caicos Islands. By Jeff Dodge Editor’s note: Jeff Dodge is a deltiologist (a person who collects postcards for a hobby), historian, and valuable and stalwart contributor to Times of the Islands for over a decade. His initial articles focused on the early postcards of the Turks & […]

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Food for Thought

Soothing Senses by the Sea

Enjoying a night at South Bank’s new restaurant Lua. By Kathy Borsuk ~ Photos By Lemens Welch & Elemento Photography When I heard the name of South Bank’s first restaurant was Lua, I envisioned a tropical oasis tickled by a warm ocean breeze; a tranquil setting designed to soothe the senses. After witnessing the thoughtful, […]

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Features

Quenching Island Thirst

The quest for fresh water in TCI. By Ben Stubenberg   At the break of dawn back in the day, before the sun’s first rays peeked over the dark horizon. Before the vexing croaks of Cuban tree frogs ceased. And before the veil of dew finished settling over the grassy fields and dense brush, each […]

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Eye on the Sky

The Sky is Falling!

The SpaceX 7 explosion and its environmental fallout in the Turks & Caicos. By Alizee Zimmermann, Turks & Caicos Reef Fund “Eric! Come quick, look up!” I shouted across our parking lot on a slightly muggy Thursday evening. I had the hose out and was rinsing off dive gear from the day’s field work. “I […]

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Green Pages

The rEel Deal

Eels of the Turks & Caicos Islands Story & Photos By C.E. O’Brien, Associate Professor of Tropical Marine Ecology, The School for Field Studies, Center for Marine Resource Studies Eels are members of the order Anguilliformes, a group of mostly marine fishes characterized by their elongated bodies without scales. They also lack the pelvic and (usually) […]

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Green Pages

FisherFolkFirst

Gauging sustainable spiny lobster fisheries. Story & Photos By Marta Calosso & John Claydon, Founders & Directors, FisherFolkFirst The majority of commercial fishers in the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) are free-divers, and their fishing techniques have remained largely unchanged for almost 50 years. This fact should be celebrated as a testament to the quality […]

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Green Pages

Creatures from the Black Lagoon

Part 2:  Menagerie a trois Story & Photos By Eric S. Cole, Biology Department, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota The life cycle of a jellyfish, and in particular the upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea) involves something called alternation of generations, going between a swimming form, (the “medusa” that most of us recognize as a jellyfish), and a […]

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Creature Feature

Fast, Erratic, Distasteful

Getting to know the Gulf Fritillary butterfly. By Bill Rhodes ~ Photos By Marta Morton The biodiversity of islands is unlike most other spots on earth. For example, who can forget learning about Darwin’s scientifically groundbreaking trip to the Galapagos Islands? It was there that he discovered multiple endemic (native and found only there) species, […]

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Culture

Sunday Best

Reflections on this special day in the Islands. Story & Photos By Davidson E. Louis Sundays felt like a gift—a reward for making it through the week. The air carried a different energy, softer and more relaxed, almost as if the entire island paused to exhale. Growing up in Turks & Caicos, Sundays were a […]

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Culture

Sunday Best

Reflections on this special day in the Islands. Story & Photos By Davidson E. Louis Sundays felt like a gift—a reward for making it through the week. The air carried a different energy, softer and more relaxed, almost as if the entire island paused to exhale. Growing up in Turks & Caicos, Sundays were a […]

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My favorite nature photographer Marta Morton took this lovely image of a passionflower growing by the sea. Marta and her family run Harbour Club Villas ( www.harbourclubvillas.com), a peaceful enclave on the south side of Providenciales. It offers her a variety of opportunities to photograph TCI’s “Beautiful by Nature” landscape.

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