CONSERVATION

GOOD NEWS FOR PHILIPPINE FORESTS

Gregg YanJune 8, 2022

From 1900 to 2015, the Philippines lost two-thirds of all its forests, its once- impressive coverage of 21 million hectares reduced to a mere seven million hec... Read More...

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HOW THE WORLD IS HELPING ANIMALS FROM UKRAINE

Martina Jauin MendozaJune 3, 2022

The ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine has citizens fleeing the country, and with them, their companion animals. Responding to this urgent matter, many European nations have opened their borders.... Read More...

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HOW POACHING MIGHT HAVE DRIVEN ELEPHANTS TO BECOME TUSKLESS

Clifton SawitApril 7, 2022

The Elephants of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park have adapted to the pressures of poaching in a way that has baffled geneticists and other scientists: A third of their younger females born after 1992 never developed tusks.... Read More...

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HOW ANIMAL TRAFFICKING IN PH ENABLED THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Martina Jauin MendozaMarch 21, 2022

First, there was SARS. Then, MERS-COV. Now, it’s COVID-19. What do these diseases have in common? They are zoonotic diseases. The viruses that cause them come from animals before they are eventually transmitted to humans. They also tend to stop the world in its tracks, especially the latest one known as COVID-19.... Read More...

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TARSIERS MISSING AFTER TYPHOON ODETTE

Alex BicharaMarch 16, 2022

When Typhoon Odette made landfall in the Philippines in December 2021, it claimed over 400 human lives, according to a 2022 Rappler article by Jairo Bolledo. Its effect on the country’s nonhuman animal population wasn’t immediately seen, except in the disappearance of over a hundred Tarsiers from the Bohol Tarsier Conservation Area.... Read More...

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7 EASY WAYS TO PROTECT MIGRATORY BIRDS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Janina CastroFebruary 23, 2022

Anyone can help out with conservation! We’re right in the middle of migratory season in the Philippines, so now’s your chance to help protect the tens of thousands of migratory Birds that pass through and hang out here during the winter season.... Read More...

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10 SHELTERS & SANCTUARIES TO FOLLOW ON INSTAGRAM

Alex BicharaDecember 6, 2021

Dealing with the new normal means not leaving one’s home unless absolutely necessary. It also means not being able to freely visit the animal shelters and sanctuaries we usually would pre-pandemic. ... Read More...

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ANYONE CAN SUPPORT CONSERVATION!

Janina CastroDecember 3, 2021

5 EASY WAYS YOU CAN START As a young advocate for animals, it has always bothered me that I hear terrible news about deforestation, illegal wildlife t... Read More...

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WHAT IS THE VALUE OF WILDLIFE?

Gregg YanNovember 3, 2021

What’s the true value of a parrot soaring above a forest? How about a marine turtle grazing quietly on seagrass along the coast?... Read More...

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ENCOUNTERING CEPHALOPODS AND A BEACH LIGHT SHOW

Alvin LaoNovember 2, 2021

I once wrote a story of my visit to El Nido on March 2021 and my encounter with the lovable Rockskipper and its neighbor, the Lined Shore Crab. Having enjoyed our time there, we planned an encore El Nido trip a month later.... Read More...

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REPTILES

MAJOR COMEBACK IN 2022

ALL SYSTEMS ARE A GO!

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