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FILE - Boat with tourists visiting the Caroni Bird Sanctuary to see the red Scarlet Ibis and the mangroves on October 21, 2012, in Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago. (EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is "by far the largest bacterium known to date," said Jean-Marie Volland, a marine biologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and co-author of a paper announcing the discovery Thursday in the journal Science.Olivier Gros, a co-author and biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, found the first example of this bacterium — named Thiomargarita magnifica, or "magnificent sulfur pearl" — clinging to sunken mangrove leaves in the archipelago of Guadeloupe in 2009.But he didn’t immediately know it was a bacterium because of its surprisingly large size -- these bacteria, on average, reach a length of a third of an inch (0.9 centimeters).

St, Kitts, Frigate Bay, . (Photo by Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - At least 14 people from the African nation of Cameroon were rescued from waters in the eastern Caribbean early Tuesday after their boat capsized, but three people were dead and 13 others missing, authorities in St. Kitts said.The group had departed Antigua early Tuesday aboard a boat carrying 32 passengers that apparently was en route to the U.S.

The US Centers for Disease Control has issued a Level 4 notice for Ireland, advising that travel here should be avoided.

COVID-19 infections in India climbed above 24 million on Friday amid reports that the highly transmissible coronavirus mutant first detected in the country was spreading across the globe.The Indian B.1.617 variant of the virus has been found in cases in eight countries of the Americas, including Canada and the United States, said Jairo Mendez, a WHO infectious diseases expert.People infected by the variant included travelers in Panama and Argentina who had arrived from India or Europe. In the Caribbean, cases of the Indian variant have been detected in Aruba, Dutch St Maarten and the French department of Guadeloupe.

Death In Paradise star Ralf Little, 40, and the cast returned to filming on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe for the tenth series back in July.Shooting for the new series was given the green light by BBC staff with cast and crew having to follow a Covid-19 protocol policy including social distancing, face coverings, temperature checks and coronavirus testing.Discussing the new series with his ex co-star Will Mellor, 44, he said he was gutted filming was coming to an end, but admitted he had missed his American fiancée Lindsey Ferrentino.After months apart, the duo met up on the island of Saint Martin, the closest accessible place to the set, due to coronavirus rules.When quizzed about filming in the heat, Ralf said: “There’s swings

DEATH in Paradise's boss has confirmed season 10 has been delayed and filming has been pushed back amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hit BBC series is filmed on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe but as with many shows, production has been halted because of the Covid-19 crisis.