Biodiversity

Who hasn’t heard of Leonardo, Donnatelo, Raphael and Michaelangelo?

Promoting energy-efficient means of transportation in a tourism area, the United States government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) recently launched the solar-powered boat Adlao Azul.

Following a successful run in Tacloban City during the 10th-anniversary commemoration of Super Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) on November 8, the People’s Museum of Climate Justice opened its doors in Manila City as part of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior ship’s visit to the capital region.

A tiny Jack Russell terrier survived in the Colorado mountains for more than 10 weeks after her owner died of hypothermia, despite losing half her body weight, a rescuer said.

Human-driven climate change is increasingly shaping the Earth’s living environments. Rising temperatures, rapid shifts in rainfall and seasonality and ocean acidification are presenting altered environments to many animal species.

An innovative forest restoration initiative that aims to help save the critically endangered Philippine eagle and their habitats was launched recently.

The madayaw weevil of Maragusan, Davao de Oro, and Caraga, Davao Oriental, is now among the growing number of weevils in Mindanao that are now described.

SINGAPORE—Britain’s Prince William said Monday that seven countries—Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Britain and the United States—have committed at a wildlife summit to deepen their intelligence-sharing and other cooperation to combat money laundering by international gangs engaged in the illegal wildlife trade.

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday.

In a little more than five years—sometime in early 2029—the world will likely be unable to stay below the internationally agreed temperature limit for global warming if it continues to burn fossil fuels at its current rate, a new study says.

Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga recently conducted a site visit to Pag-asa Island in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the disputed West Philippine Sea (WPS).

Meet the Nacolod turquoise beetle and the Silago blue beetle. These two newly discovered species, also called weevils, are site-endemic and thrive among other beetles that come in different colors, shapes and sizes in specific areas in the montane forest of Mount Nacolod in Leyte province.

No matter how much the world cuts back on carbon emissions, a key and sizable chunk of Antarctica is essentially doomed to an “unavoidable” melt, a new study found.

Maynilad Water Services Inc. (Maynilad) was recently recognized under the “Clean and Green Energy” category of the 2023 Europa Awards organized by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP).

Changes in the climate and land use are combining to dramatically shrink the numbers of insects pollinating key tropical crops. As those problems intertwine and intensify, it will  likely hit coffee lovers right in the mug, according to a new study.

The country’s forest cover increased by 5.65 percent as a result of the massive reforestation program of the government, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

PORTLAND, Maine—Whales, dolphins and seals living in US waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind assessment.

Peatlands are the world’s largest carbon store; but many have vanished before they were even identified

The world’s present situation is at the “era of global boiling,” said the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, a testament that the climate crisis is indeed a worldwide emergency.

The Asean Climate and Biodiversity Initiative is the first in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

There’s a saying that goes, “Choose a job you really like, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”

Considered the ultimate tree-planters along with bats, birds need trees to perch on, to rest—sing and dance to find a mate—and a nest to build on and lay their eggs and start a family.    

NEW YORK CITY—Prince William and The Earthshot Prize announced on September 19 the Coastal 500—including the Philippines—as one of the 15 finalists for the 2023 prize.

The insects are often dismissed as worthless, annoying bugs.