Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "rare species"

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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, ...

    • 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 ...

    • 13 rare animals seized from wildlife trader 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 24, 2019, on page A5)
      After three years of skirting law enforcers through the underbelly of online wildlife trafficking, a man notorious for selling endangered animals on Facebook was finally nabbed on Friday by agents of the National Bureau ...

    • 4,200 turtles seized in warehouse 

      Anda, Redempto; Antonio, Rafael (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 21, 2015, on page A12)
      Authorities in Palawan confiscated on Thursday a shipment of 4,200 critically endangered forest turtles that are believed to be destined for the Chinese black market with an estimated value of around P18 million. The ...

    • 9 Endangered animals taken from Zoo in Rizal province 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 15, 2018, on page A10)
      Nine endangered animals have disappeared from the country’s biggest zoo whose management took to Facebook on Tuesday to ask for help in finding them. Taken from Avilon Zoo, located in Rodriguez, Rizal, were three mature ...

    • Apo Reef turtle sightings increase during lockdown 

      Cinco, Maricar (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 ...

    • Back to the sea for trapped turtles 

      Calawag, Flord (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2015, on page A10)
      Rain suddenly poured at the break of dawn as 20 students and two instructors boarded the four-layered bamboo raft in Barangay Malabor, Tibiao, Antique province. They were about to experience “lambaklad” fishing in the ...

    • Bataan offers new canvass in bid to save dolphins 

      Gonzaga, Robert (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 29, 2010, on page A15)
      Darwin Uy, 13, has never seen a live dolphin but he hopes to get his chance. Uy, a sophomore of Hermosa National High School, said he doesn’t want to see dolphins in an amusement park, like most people do, but in their ...

    • BFAR seeks regulation of shark fishing 

      Gomez, Carla P. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2016, on page A8)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is urging local governments to regulate, if not ban, the catching and sale of juvenile sharks. Carlito Delfin, acting assistant regional director of BFAR Western Visayas, ...

    • Bird on brink of extinction flies over Apo Reef park 

      Virola, Madonna T. (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 ...

    • China demands release of 9 Sino fishermen who have served time 

      Anda, Redempto D. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 16, 2015, on page A13)
      The Chinese government on Friday sought the immediate release of nine Chinese fishermen who have already served their six-month prison term for poaching in the Philippine-claimed Hasa-Hasa Shoal in May last year. Provincial ...

    • Conserving Southeast Asia's seas 

      Yozell, Sally; Christensen, Steen; Eyler, Brian (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 15, 2017, on page A17)
      The United Nations’ call to conserve and sustainably develop the oceans perhaps resonates most with Southeast Asia than in any other part of the world. With a maritime territory thrice the size of its landmass, the region ...

    • 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. ...

    • Dolphin shows no place for field trips, says solon 

      Salaverria, Leila B. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September NaN, 2012, on page A7)
      Schools should be more careful about where they take their students on educational field trips and among the places they should avoid are amusement parks that feature dolphins, whales and other marine creatures that are ...

    • Dolphins stage special show in Antique 

      Calawag, Flord Nicson (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 28, 2015, on page A20)
      Locally known as rumbà-rumbà, the Gray’s spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) is one of the 26 species of cetaceans in the Philippines. They can be seen spinning high in the air (hence its common name) or riding the bow ...

    • Duo nabbed cutting up sea turtle 

      Calleja, Niña (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 2, 2010, on page A12)
      Authorities in Pasay City arrested yesterday a restaurant manager and a cook who were caught chopping up two endangered sea turtles, or pawikan, for an exotic dish. During the arrest, the staff of the Pasay City Veterinary ...

    • Endangered bamboo sharks given helping hand in Gulf of Thailand 

      Reuters (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 9, 2021, on page A13)
      In the Gulf of Thailand, fisheries researchers use a guideline to scuba dive to the ocean floor where they release baskets full of young bamboo sharks. The small, slow-moving, bottom-dwelling sharks with striped bodies and ...

    • 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, ...

    • From predators to protectors of sea turtles 

      Sarmiento, Bong (Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 9, 2018, on page A15)
      Under coconut trees swaying from the sea breeze, several fishermen would usually gather at a coastal village here on late afternoons to unwind from hard work with a gallon of “tuba” (coconut wine). As Filipino culture ...

    • Giant clam 're-wilding' waters near Semirara mine site 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 12, 2016, on page B6)
      In 2006, the company released 150 pieces of the Tridacna gigas, an endangered species of giant clams, near the waters of Panian mine on Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique province. Citing research, the firm says these giant ...