The Jamaican slider turtle, also known as the Cat Island slider, is a freshwater turtle (Trachemys terrapin) found only in Jamaica where it is endemic, and the Bahamas where it was introduced.

“Now in Jamaica, we have one native freshwater turtle [the Jamaican slider turtle]. There was an incident in Clarendon where the police arrested a gentleman for having these turtles at his yar ...

Jamaica's first ever bobsled team famously inspired Disney's 1993 movie Cool Runnings. The family favourite starring John Candy was loosely based on the story of the Jamaican bobsled team who ...