Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Scientific Name "Crocodylus porosus"

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    • 12 rare baby crocodiles freed in Isabela lake 

      Visaya, Villamor Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2014, on page A15)
      Seven-year-old Josh Geronimo held a baby Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) here on Saturday and exclaimed, “Oh, it smells good.” Geronimo, a Canadian citizen, said the crocodile did not emit any foul odor or ...

    • 'Buwaya' in the limelight 

      David, Rina J. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2011, on page A13)
      Crocodiles or buwaya are once more in the news, but this time in their original incarnations and not their human versions. We’ll get to those in time. Crocodiles are back in the limelight after the capture of a 6.4-meter-long ...

    • Hope for the crocs 

      Mascariñas, Erwin M.; Cinco, Maricar; Baraoidan, Kimmy; Miranda, Romar (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 5, 2020, on page A12)
      The Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis) is among the local species categorized in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species as “critically endangered,” with its ...

    • In Palawan town, wild crocodile caught after attacking villager 

      Ticke, Geraldford (Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 13, 2023, on page A7)
      Residents in Bataraza town, Palawan province, captured a 4.57-meter (15-foot) long saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) on Wednesday night after it attacked a villager in Barangay Sumbiling. Jovic Fabello, spokesperson ...

    • Where there are crocs, there will always be fish 

      Yan, Gregg (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 17, 2013, on page A1-A15)
      "They look like dinosaurs!" I screamed, gaping at live crocodiles for the first time with my brother, Jaypee. This was Manila Zoo in the 1900s and to pint-sized kids, 14-foot crocodiles seemed giant, ancient and utterly ...