Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "nesting"
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Apo Reef turtle sightings increase during lockdown
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,September 8, 2020 , on page A8)The number of critically endangered hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Apo Reef doubled during the period when the vast underwater ecosystem off Occidental Mindoro province was ... -
Biggest batch of sea turtles released
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 24, 2017 , on page A17)At least 160 Hawksbill sea turtles had been released to the sea on Tuesday after they were hatched on the coast of Punta Dumalag, Talomo District, a known nesting ground of the turtles. Hawksbill sea turtles are on the red ... -
Bird on brink of extinction flies over Apo Reef park
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 3, 2018 , on page A1-A11)One of the world’s critically endangered seabirds, the Christmas Frigatebird, was spotted for the first time at Apo Reef Natural Park (ARNP) in Sablayan town in Occidental Mindoro province, the third record of the species ... -
Endangered turtle's tracks
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 15, 2010 , on page B2-4)A mother Olive Ridley turtle, known also as Pacific Ridley turtle, leaves tracks in the sand after laying a clutch of over 100 eggs (inset) within the compound of the 1,500-megawatt, natural gas-fired plant of First Gas, ... -
Groups strengthen efforts to protect ‘pawikan’ nesting site, coral reefs in Subic Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 21, 2022 , on page A8)Carrying trash bags, local licensed scuba divers went into the waters off All Hands Beach Resort here on Friday to collect underwater garbage as part of a multisectoral initiative to protect the marine and coastal environment ... -
Healthy bay? count the turtles
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 28, 2017 , on page A17)The annual spectacle “is a manifestation of our commitment to the protection and rehabilitation of the bay,” said Edwin Frias, 46, a fisherman and Bantay Dagat (fish warden) from the village of Bignay II. Frias and other ... -
Iloilo kids help protect sea turtles
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,March 7, 2021 , on page A5)In the village of Atabayan here, a female turtle has returned to her birthplace to make the sandy shore as her own nesting ground. Her 68 eggs were discovered by fisherman Rodrigo Traifalgar on the chilly morning of Oct. ... -
In Subic, newly hatched Sea Turtles return to Sea
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 14, 2016 , on page A12)With the help of tourists, 113 newly hatched olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) were released to their natural habitat at Subic Bay here last week. The turtles were born at the hatchery of All Hands Beach, a ... -
More than 1,000 baby sea turtles to be released in Tayabas Bay
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,December 7, 2020 , on page A8)More than 1,000 baby sea turtles locally known as “pawikan” will be set free to their natural habitat in Tayabas Bay off Sariaya town, Quezon province, starting this month until January next year, authorities said. The ... -
No slow days for turtle expert despite retirement
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,June 3, 2018 , on page A6)Unlike the marine turtles that he had spent years studying, Romeo Trono has apparently never had slow days—even in retirement. Contemplating the sunset by the beach while sipping rum mixed with Coke, Trono, 59, could easily ... -
'Paeng' wipes out 'pawikan' nesting sites in Quezon
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,November 1, 2022 , on page A8)Several nesting sites of “pawikan,” or sea turtles, along the coast of Tayabas Bay in Sariaya town in Quezon province were destroyed at the height of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae), an environmental ... -
Protect nesting sites of sea turtles, group urges execs
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,May 11, 2017 , on page A9)Lucena City—Environmentalists have asked officials in Sariaya town in Quezon province to declare areas in the municipality as “protected nesting sites” for endangered sea turtles which lay eggs on their shoreline along the ... -
Saving turtles by saving their nesting sites
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 5, 2018 , on page A6)One of the most fascinating facts about sea turtles is that they have unusually sharp memories, according to experts. So they would return again and again to the place where turtles hundreds of years before them hatched ... -
Turtle Islands: Hundreds of nautical miles away from justice
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 22, 2010 , on page A14)They came in the dead of night and pulled off the first heist on Baguan Island this year. The thieves, possibly armed, quietly left onboard a boat taking about 600 pieces of green turtle eggs from this protected wildlife ...