Tag: species
Far from home: The problem of invasive species in Southeast Asia
•Next to habitat destruction, invasive species are the biggest causes of worldwide biodiversity loss. •The Philippines is the 36th most…
Close-ups for conservation: Identifying mud crabs via Crabifier
•The misidentification of Scylla (mud crab) species presents a major problem for Filipino fishers, as it severely affects their livelihood. •To…
Asian elephants are dying out–and we may need to rethink how we’re saving them
•A newly published study suggests that conservation efforts for the Asian elephant should consider indicators other than population count. •Population size…
4 animals that recently bounced back from extinction
•A species goes extinct when all its living members perish, and becomes functionally extinct when its members can no longer…
Here are 4 new fish species from Manila Bay, Batangas, and Mindoro
•Researchers from foreign countries recently discovered four new species of fish in Philippine waters. •A pair of Japanese scientists found…
Your favorite coffee could be the next climate change casualty
• Researchers from Britain found that at least 60 percent of all known wild coffee species, including arabica, are threatened…
These 5 endemic Philippine animals are facing extinction
•In 2018, Spix’s Macaw was officially declared extinct in the wild, with three other species possibly extinct. •The Philippines has…
The 10 most popular FlipScience stories of 2018
2018 was certainly a big year for science. (If you read our article yesterday on the year’s biggest science stories,…
6 plant and animal species named after Filipinos in 2018
•Countless species of flora and fauna were discovered and/or named in 2018. •Some of the species got their names from…
Meet 2018’s newest animal species from the Philippines
•The California Academy of Sciences officially described 229 new plant and animal species for 2018. •Collected across five continents and…
