Author: Mikael Angelo Francisco
๐๐ช๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด: a new longhorn beetle species from the Philippines (2024)
Bityle oriens. (Photos: Milton Norman Medina, Amy Ponce, and Jhonnel Villegas) In February 2024, the description of a new longhorn…
๐๐บ๐ป๐บ๐จ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ: a new tree species from the Philippines (2024)
Syzygium crystalliferum. (Photos: Leonardo C. Udasco Jr. – leaves, flowers, tree; Jayson Mansibang – fruit) In February 2024, the description…
๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด: a new wasp species from the Philippines (2024)
Coeleumenes rusticanus. (Photo: Marco Selis via Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Venezia, Italy) In February 2024, the description of a…
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ๐ญ๐ข ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช: a new tiger beetle species from the Philippines (2024)
Tricondyla johnsoni. (Photo: Alexander Anichtchenko & Jรผrgen Wiesner) In January 2024, the description of a new tiger beetle species from…
๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช: a new sea star species from the Philippines (2024)
Churaumiastra hoshi. (Photos: Oliver Gomez and Christopher Mah) In January 2024, the description of a new sea star species from…
๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ช๐ป๐ข ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ข: a new plant species from the Philippines (2024)
Ophiorrhiza ravifolia. (Photos: Mark Arcebal K. Naive) In January 2024, the description of a new plant species from the Philippines…
๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐น๐ช and ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐บ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ช: 2 new weevil species from the Philippines (2024)
Eumacrocyrtus robertfoxi and Enoplocyrtus angelalcalai. (Photos: Analyn A. Cabras) In February 2024, descriptions of two new weevil species from the…
Pinoy scientists found this six-eyed spider in a hazardous cave. How it got there is a mystery
Dr. Aimee Lynn Barrion-Dupo Inside a small, stuffy cave in Batangas, researchers found a species of spider that has never…
This is the world’s biggest and weirdest flower. Can Pinoy scientists save it?
On June 16, 1841, with a roomful of scientists as his audience, museum curator J.E. Teschemacher revealed a new species…









