Category: Biodiversity
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…
Signs we may be heading toward another mass extinction event
“Horridus,” a Triceratops skeleton on display at Australia’s Melbourne Museum. Photo: Mikael Angelo Franciscoย Mass extinction is an extremely rare…
๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฆ and ๐. ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช: 2 new orchid species from the Philippines (2024)
Bulbophyllum barcelonae and B. pelseri. (Photos: Jayson Mansibang, John Paul Collantes, Raab Bustamante, and Leonardo Udasco) In January 2024, the…
Biologists develop microsatellite markers for emerging seafood
Photo: Shenna Kate Torres One of the Sustainable Development Goals created by the United Nations is to “end hunger, achieve…
UP professors urge long-term monitoring of West Philippine Sea resources
Photo: Craig Soroรฑo โข At a recent public forum facilitated by the UP Diliman College of Science, professors discussed the…
House cats roaming freely in the wild pose threat to native species, finds study
Serafettin รnye/Pexels Humans and cats have had a long-standing connection since time immemorial. Across millennia, cat domestication has turned 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…
Enhancing ASEAN connectivity through digital innovation in conserving wildlife
ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity By Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim (Press release) On March 3, we join the global annual…
