Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ข ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ช and ๐. ๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช: 2 new insect species from the Philippines (2024)
Phantagma garciai and P. maarati. (Photos: Laurent Fauvre – P. garciai; Maxime Le Cesne – P. maarati) In March 2024,…
๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด: a new plant species from the Philippines (2024)
Begonia tanauanensis. (Photo: Danilo N. Tandang) In March 2024, the description of a new species of flowering plant from the…
โHigh arsenic levelsโ in the water supply of 2 Laguna towns: an unresolved issue, 6 years and counting
Photo: Luis Quintero/Pexels For Filipinos fortunate enough to have access to basic services, much of their daily existence depends on…
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ด (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ด) ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ป๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ and ๐. (๐.) ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด: 2 new cave beetle species from the Philippines (2024)
Metabacetus (Trogloabacetus) baltazarae and M. (T.) desideratus. (Photos: Milton Norman Medina & Alexander Anichtchenko) In March 2024, descriptions of two…
๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐บ๐ข and ๐. ๐ฅ๐ช๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ข: 2 new cave beetle species from the Philippines (2024)
Kweba magbabaya and Kweba diwata. (Photos: Milton Norman Medina & Alexander Anichtchenko) In March 2024, descriptions of two new cave…
Gelotophobia: the fear of being laughed at
Photo: RODNAE Productions Unless youโre a comedian who specializes in self-deprecation, you probably donโt enjoy being the target of anyoneโs…
๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฌ: a new plant species from the Philippines (2024)
Begonia matahom. (Photos: Freddie A. Blasco, Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro, Danilo N. Tandang, and Rosario R. Rubite) In March 2024,…
๐๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ: a new plant species from the Philippines (2024)
Argostemma mirae. (Photos: Freddie Blasco, Grecebio Jonathan Alejandro, and Danilo Tandang) In March 2024, the description of a new species…
๐๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ช๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ข: a new tropical kiwi species from the Philippines (2024)
Saurauia decolorata. Photos: Darin Penneys (L), Shiella Mae Olimpos (R) In July 2024, the description of a new species of…
๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ: a new plant species from the Philippines (2024)
Begonia matahom. (Photos: Freddie A. Blasco, Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro, Danilo N. Tandang, and Rosario R. Rubite via Taiwania) In…
