Browsing by Scientific Name "Rhincodon typus"

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    • 104 whale sharks seen for first time in Donsol 

      Ostria, Rey Anthony; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A8)
      Over a hundred new whale sharks were spotted in the waters off this town in Sorsogon province in the first half of 2019, marking the highest number of the endangered species spotted in the area in the past few years, ...

    • Boy, 8, gets int'l award for saving 400-kg dolphin 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, September 15, 2010, on page 1-9)
      An eight-year-old boy from Mindoro was conferred an award by an international conservation group for saving a beached dolphin on the coast of San Teodoro in Oriental Mindoro last September 13. Carl Andrei Leuterio, a ...

    • Divers find whale shark with fins and tail sliced off 

      Lesaba, Marrah Erika; Papa, Alcuin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2010, on page A1-A20)
      A dead whale shark without fins and a tail was buried on the shores of Tingloy Island on Tuesday morning, inscribing a sad epilogue to a Manila conference of 50 nations for the protection of the endangered fish species. ...

    • Fishers in Bohol town want whale sharks out 

      Udtohan, Leo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 19, 2023, on page A7)
      Whale sharks may be welcome in the waters of most coastal towns due to their potential to attract tourists, but not in Loay, Bohol, where fishermen consider them a threat. Fisherfolk in Alegria Sur in Loay said they would ...

    • Gov't workers, volunteers rescue stranded butanding 

      Ozaeta, Arnell (The Philippine Star, August 10, 2013, on page 14)
      Government workers and civilian volunteers joined hands to set free last Thursday a juvenile whale shark, locally known as butanding, that had been stranded at the pier of the Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) in Mabini, ...

    • It’s official: ‘Butanding’ an endangered species 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 17, 2016, on page A1-A14)
      There’s bad news for the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), an iconic marine animal frequently spotted in Philippine waters and known locally as butanding. Now listed as “endangered” on the International Union for Conservation ...

    • New whale sharks counted in Donsol 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, September 6, 2019, on page E6)
      One hundred and four new whale shark individuals have been identified in Ticao Pass off the coast of Donsol between January and June 2019, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines. Whale ...

    • Newborn 'butanding' prompts call to protect marine habitat 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 22, 2020, on page A10)
      The discovery of a newborn whale shark (Rhincodon typus) in the waters off Donsol town, Sorsogon province, illustrates the urgent need to further protect the Ticao-Burias Pass Protected Seascape from threats that may bring ...

    • Our big surprise in Tubbataha-diving with Destiny 

      Honasan, Alya B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 2, 2016, on page F1-F2)
      It was a quintessential Tubbataha dive—volatile currents, tons of fish, and a big surprise. We were at Seafan Alley on Tubbataha’s North Atoll, making our way back to the shallows after some 40 minutes of spotting slender ...

    • Phl named one of the 5 champions for migratory species 

      Villanueva, Rhodina; Marcelo, Elizabeth (The Philippine Star, October 26, 2017, on page B5)
      The Philippines has been named as one of the five “migratory species champions” in the world for its exemplary contribution in the global effort to protect migratory animals, particularly the whale shark or butanding, the ...

    • Prosecute butchers of butanding - WWF 

      Andrade, Katherine (The Philippine Star, February 18, 2010, on page A-23)
      An international conservation group is calling for the prosecution of people responsible for the “butchery” of an 18-foot butanding (whale shark) on the shores of Tingloy town in Batangas, with the marine animal’s dorsal ...

    • Quezon folk welcome ‘butanding’ return to Tayabas Bay 

      Mallari, Delfin Jr (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2022, on page A2)
      Whale sharks, locally known as “butanding,” have been spotted once again at Tayabas Bay about a month after the most recent storm to hit the country, according to residents of the coastal town of Sariaya and an environmental ...

    • Sievelike structure 

      Santos, Lino (Manila Standard, August 18, 2018, on page A1)
      This 16-foot giant whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is dead and found floating at the Navotas Fish Port in Metro Manila Friday, when authorities brought it upstream to be examined by the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources ...

    • 'Spectacular' PH wildlife fascinates NatGeo host 

      De Vera, Ellalyn B. (Manila Bulletin, June 15, 2013, on page 5-6)
      He has been to 70 countries looking for "dangerous" wildlife liaisons for the last 20 years. Dr. Brady Barr, a National Geographic (NatGeo) Channel Asia TV host and ambassador, had been face-to-face with the wildest and ...

    • Tourism hurting whale sharks in Oslob-study 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 14, 2020, on page A8)
      At least 95 percent of endangered whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) observed in Oslob, Cebu province, since 2012 have been injured and scarred due to activities linked to wildlife tourism, according to a study that looked ...

    • Whale shark study team formed 

      Indino, Phoebe Jen (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2012, on page 20)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR 7) has formed an eight-member composite team for a three-month research study on the ecology and feeding habits of whales sharks (Rhincodon typus) in ...

    • Whale shark trapped in fishing net freed in Laoag 

      Adriano, Leilanie (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2014, on page A18)
      A whale shark (Rhincodon typus), commonly known as butanding, was trapped in a seine (a vertical fishnet) off Calayab beach here about 2 p.m. on Thursday, according to a report from the Ilocos Norte provincial fishery ...

    • Whale sharks in Sarangani Bay up to 14 

      (Manila Standard, March 12, 2019, on page B4)
      A total of 14 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) were discovered and documented in Sarangani Bay on Saturday. The Task Force Butanding Gensan disclosed that the recent documentation of whale sharks in Sarangani Bay made the ...

    • Whale sharks return to Masbate, Sorsogon 

      Dematera, Cet (The Philippine Star, April 3, 2018, on page 11)
      Legazpi City, Philippines — Whale sharks, locally known as butanding, have been sighted again in the waters off Masbate and Sorsogon, an official of the Department of Tourism (DOT) said yesterday. Benjamin Santiago, DOT-Bicol ...

    • Whale sharks return to Sarangani Bay; Execs urge study to protect 'gentle giant' 

      Sarmiento, Bong; Fernandez, Edwin (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 12, 2019, on page A8)
      At least 14 whale sharks (Rhincodon typus), or “butanding,” have been seen feeding in Sarangani Bay since last month, prompting local and environment officials to appeal to coastal communities to protect these sea creatures. ...