Resort Report

Rewilding with bird allies. Story & Photos By Kathleen McNary, BSc., ALM, PhD In 1960, Rachel Carson inspired the fledgling North American environmental movement with her groundbreaking book Silent Spring. In that work, she hypothesized that the careless degradation of the environment by humans, including the use of toxic chemicals to rid backyards and agricultural fields of ...

Local palm and grass work is becoming a lost art. By Jody Rathgeb ~ Photos By Tom Rathgeb Visitors who pick up a “Made in TCI” basket or hat before they leave the Islands often don’t realize that they’ve purchased much more than a souvenir. That item, made of palm fronds or fanner grass, is an artful ...

The Bahamian Swallowtail By Bill Rhodes I have a confession to make — since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with butterflies and their night-flying brethren, moths. So wherever I travel, I always stop to notice the colorful butterflies flying past or sipping nectar from a flower. We are fortunate in the Turks & Caicos in ...

A digital route to market for small-scale fishers. Story & Photos By Marta Calosso and John Claydon, Founders & Directors, FisherFolkFirst Historically, the economy of the Turks & Caicos Islands was dependent on export fisheries: large seafood processing plants were supplied by free-diving fishers working from small boats catching conch, lobster, and fish. The country has since ...

Images of the heritage buildings of North and Middle Caicos Story & Photos By Ann Morgen I have had an abiding interest in the diminutive historic buildings built by former slaves that dot the Caicos Islands. I have found these buildings—sometimes no larger than a hut—in the settlements of Bottle Creek and Kew on North Caicos, and ...

Filling the gaps in the care of people with autism. By Kevens Fleurimont When autism came to our family, we were dumbfounded by the word. We didn’t know what it meant or what to expect. As our journey progresses, we learned that for families like mine, the challenges are not just about managing autism. They are about ...

Trevor Watkins redefines contemporary elegance and style. By Dr. Courtney Robinson ~ Photos By Renau Destine ~ Shot on location at Wind Chime Villa, Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands TCI TOP MODEL is the Turks & Caicos Islands’ premier event for Fashion, Beauty, Arts, and Entertainment. The event is designed to give persons residing in the TCI ...

Fintech, digital assets, and measured innovation in the Turks & Caicos. By Dr. Courtney S. Robinson, TCI FSC Communications Advisor At a moment of rapid technological change, the Turks & Caicos Islands face an important choice: to embrace digital finance in a way that broadens economic opportunity while preserving the jurisdiction’s integrity and international standing. Advances in ...

The earliest tokens of the West Caicos Sisal Company. Story & Images By Eric Schena  (A longer version of this article originally appeared in TAMS Journal, January/February 2026, Volume 66, No. 1) Beginning in the 1980s, I worked for Gene Brandenburg at Old Town Coin & Jewelry Exchange in Alexandria, Virginia. Gene quickly became a numismatic mentor, and ...

Building a resilient energy future for the Turks & Caicos Islands. By Matt Gorvin, CEO and President renu energy TCI & Eric F. Salamanca, Director of Planning and Regulatory Compliance renu energy TCI ~ Photos Courtesy renu energy TCI The Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) are globally celebrated for their white-sand beaches, turquoise waters, vibrant coral reefs, and relaxed ...

Part #6:  “Monster” Cells Story & Photos By Dr. Eric Cole As glaciers of the Late Pleistocene (our most recent Ice Age) melted, raising sea levels around the world, they lifted the water table within each of the Turks & Caicos Islands. A marine elevator of sorts rose up through the Islands’ porous limestone interiors, ultimately breaching ...

Hotel Indigo Turks & Caicos opens in The Bight. By Kathy Borsuk ~ Photos By Chris Molina It was a sunny, breezy, late-winter day when I visited Hotel Indigo Turks & Caicos, just after the official grand opening. With its lengthy upper level balcony and coffee bar and convenience store opening onto Lower Bight Road, the property ...

Encounters with a polka-dotted octopus in the Turks & Caicos Islands. By Emily Lekas ~ Edited by Dr. C.E. O’Brien ~ Photos by Dr. C. E. O’Brien & Center for Marine Resource Studies Students & Staff Dots have pleased the human eye for centuries, inspiring a sense of whimsy. Today, they adorn everything from bow ties to ...

First steps in rewilding. Story & Photos By Kathleen McNary, BSc., ALM, PhD First Steps — Rule 1: All beings deserve respectful treatment (even aliens from other countries). Turning a barren landscape into a lush, tropical forest can seem like a daunting task; however, four  billion years of evolutionary intelligence instills Land  with an inherent regenerative capacity to ...

TC Reef’s new facility redefines research and education in the Turks & Caicos Islands. By Alizée Zimmermann, Turks & Caicos Reef Fund The Turks & Caicos Islands are not currently known as a hub for marine research, yet our waters are home to one of the largest barrier reef systems in the Caribbean Atlantic region. This expansive, ...