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Wild Statia: A Statian Collection in Cambridge

What can we learn about Statian wildlife and the history of Statian natural history studies from a museum collection thousands of kilometers away? Quite a bit, in fact!

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Les Fruits de Mer Ringtone

If you watched Scrub Island Rescue, you may have noticed that Les Fruits de Mer finally has its official theme song. If you just can’t get enough of it, we are releasing it as a ringtone. Download it today! Les Fruits de Mer Ringtone, MP3 Les Fruits de Mer Ringtone, M4R for iPhone If you …

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Museum Babies

One other event of note that happened at Amuseum Naturalis was a birth. In fact, a lot of them. A shrimp that has had a large cluster of eggs under her tail for the past couple weeks gave birth to a bajillion tiny shrimplets. The shrimplets were about as big as grains of sand, so …

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Amuseum Naturalis in Photos

After the mad rush to get open on the 12th, we took a week to refine our first set of exhibits and things were really looking great when we opened for the Mardis de Grand Case street fair last night. I popped by this morning to take a few photos of this version of the …

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Bird Watch SXM – My Resolution

Well, we’re only a couple weeks into 2016 and I’ve already failed at my bird-related resolution for this year. On the other hand, the article just came out in yesterday’s Weekender, so maybe I can get started this week.

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Pond Life in Destination St. Martin Magazine

I just wanted to thank Destination St. Martin/St. Maarten Magazine for giving us the chance to tell the story of the island’s fascinating wetland birds in the 2016 issue. Wildlife—at least of the animal sort—may not be the first thing on people’s minds when they think of St. Martin, but the nature of the island …

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Les Fruits de Mer Association Opens Free Natural History Museum in Grand Case

Hundreds of island residents and visitors poured into 96 Boulevard de Grand Case on Tuesday evening during the first Mardi de Grand Case for the grand opening of Amuseum Naturalis. Amuseum Naturalis is a free, public pop-up museum showcasing the natural history of St. Martin and the Caribbean, created by the Les Fruits de Mer …

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