Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
Why you should become a DDS (๐๐ถ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ Supporter) today
Getty Images Believed by many to have inspired seafarers’ mermaid and siren stories, the dugong (Dugong dugon) is a gentle,…
Ano ba talaga ang ibig sabihin ng ‘mass testing’?
Getty Images Ito ang unang bahagi ng isang seryeng may apat na yugto. Noong nakaraang linggo, nag-eksperimento ako. Namili ako…
The beauty and brains of the giant manta ray
Steve Laycock – CC BY-SA 4.0 Gliding effortlessly in the tropical waters of the Philippines and other parts of the…
What’s the national fish of the Philippines? (Hint: It’s not what you think)
Ken Tam/Flickr Well-known for its belly fat and abundance of bones, theย bangusย or milkfish (Chanos chanos) is regarded by many Filipinos…
Is ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข ๐ฑ๐บ๐จ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข really the world’s smallest fish?
Alamy For a long time, Filipino schoolchildren were taught that the world’s smallest fish was a species exclusively found in…
Can all turtles hide in their shells?
Alamy Often finding its way into pop culture, the idea of a turtle hiding its head and/or limbs in its…
Why you should never, ever step on corals
USFWS-Pacific Region/Flickr It’s not unheard of for the general public to take issue with people who show disrespect to historical…
Why does the parrotfish sleep inside its own snot bubble?
Igor Cristino Silva Cruz/CC BY-SA 4.0 Many of us have our own little rituals before going to bed. Some of…
The compounds in cone snail venom that can make any Pinoy smile
Michigan Science Art With its lovely brown-and-white shell, the marine snail known as the geography cone (Conus geographus) may not…
FlipFact (May 18, 2020): The unexpected discovery of the pygmy seahorse
Nick Everett/Shutterstock When marine biologist George Bargibant was examining theย Muricellaย spp gorgonians (soft corals) he had collected for theย Noumรฉa museum, he…
