Posts under ‘Flora and Fauna’

The tamaraw is unique only to Mindoro and is the largest native land animal in the Philippines. The horn is triangular in cross section. 
The tamaraw was first documented by Western science in 1888. It has never been recorded from any area other than the island of Mindoro in the central southwestern part of the Philippines. [...]

The mouse deer is known as “Pilandok” in Tagalog. It is small and has a brown coat with black and white stripes. It is found in the Philippines only in Balabac island, south of Palawan. The mouse deer roams actively during the night and hides out inside the forests during the day. It is one [...]

DAVAO CITY,  — The 9th Philippine Eagle Week celebrations began last Saturday, June 2, with close to 100 eagle supporters motoring through downtown Davao before proceeding to the Philippine Eagle Center, located at the foot of Mt. Apo in Malagos, Baguio District, this city, according to Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) Executive Director Dennis Salvador.
The PEF-led [...]

The odds are good that you may have never heard of the Philippine flower known as rafflesia, a flower that ranks high above all and sundry in the plant world. It is literally just flower - without stems, branches, or leaves - and can grow to the size of a car tire. The odor - [...]

Norita Scott-Pezett of Audubon-Panama, a fellow BirdLife International Global Council member (1999-2004), was shocked when I told her that, as far as I know, their Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) is the largest eagle in the world! “What?” she responded incredulously. “I thought all along that your Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) is the largest in the [...]

By Patty Adversario
For biologists, there are few things quite as exciting as discovering a new species. And though it has been said that the Philippines is one of the most gifted countries in the world in term of biodiversity, there are few things that demonstrate this fact quite as well as the discovery of a [...]