36 bird species make a home in Davao park
THIRTY-SIX bird species — several of which are considered endangered — were recently identified as living at the Aboitiz Cleanergy Park in Davao City,...
Indonesia plans peat monitoring system to curb choking haze
JAKARTA -- Indonesia is planning a hi-tech monitoring network to protect peatland at the center of last year’s raging fires that cloaked Southeast Asia...
Coral laboratory grows in Batangas
THE COUNTRY’s first underwater laboratory has been constructed in Mabini, Batangas, one of the country’s top scuba diving spot.
The Coral Restoration Field Laboratory is...
Challenge: Solar panels on your roof
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman, Reporter
Solar energy is expensive, unreliable, impractical, and uneconomic. These are some of the myths on solar power that...
May goes down as Earth’s hottest on record: NASA
WASHINGTON — May’s temperatures broke global records yet again, as the northern hemisphere finishes its hottest spring on record, statistics released Tuesday by NASA...
The Kamasutra, froggy style
PARIS, FRANCE — The Bombay night frog, scientists revealed Tuesday, favors a mating position previously unknown among the amphibian group’s 7,000 species, only the...
Documenting Pinatubo’s wrath
MT. PINATUBO erupted on June 15, 1991 — it was the second largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The active stratovolcano straddles the boundaries...
Hairy future for Australia’s beloved koala
PORT MACQUARIE, AUSTRALIA -- A sweet, sickly smell filled the air as Sherwood Robyn, a 12-year-old koala, was brought into a small examination room...
Indonesia plans tougher punishments for poachers
JAKARTA, INDONESIA -- Indonesia plans to quadruple maximum jail terms for animal poachers and traffickers in a major overhaul of wildlife crime laws, but...
China says important glacier is melting due to climate change
A GLACIER that is one of the largest at the source of China’s Yangtze River is fast retreating because of climate change, state media...
Using art to raise environmental awareness
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
WATER is supposed to be clear. But when it gets dirty, it becomes a medium of art.
Nine Filipino artists created...
Elephants in Tanzania reserve could be wiped out by 2022
NAIROBI — Elephants in Tanzania’s sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife...