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When face masks “infiltrate” the habitat of land or sea animals, their feet or neck can become entangled with the straps, preventing their flight or barring their ability to swim.

Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution pose a triple threat to human health and prosperity that may be averted only by transforming how we power our economies and feed ourselves, the United Nations said Thursday.

We need the parrot fish for our crucial corals, which are full of algae. We need them for the health of our waters.

Photographer "captures" beauty of Philippine hornbill in its natural habitat.

Scientists from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have discovered a new endemic flowering plant species found in the Samar Island Natural Park.

TRAFFIC, an organization that monitors global wildlife trading, has called for tougher crackdown on the illegal sale of monitor lizards in the country, especially species endemic to the Philippines.

The new USAID-NEDA agreement helps protect the Philippines’ world-renowned natural treasures while improving the lives of Filipinos who promote sustainable natural resource management.

Human activities such as farming and construction are threatening the survival of scores of wild species by forcing them to travel more to avoid mankind's impact, research showed Monday.

The largest home improvement retailer in Southeast Asia, MR. D.I.Y., planted its 100 seeds and turned over cash proceeds from The Good Bag, Reusable Bag campaign last January 8, 2021 to ABS CBN Foundation Inc. Bantay Kalikasan Mother Nurture campaign for the benefit of La Mesa Watershed.

Forests and other land ecosystems today absorb 30 percent of humanity's CO2 pollution, but rapid global warming could transform these natural 'sinks' into carbon 'sources' within a few decades, opening another daunting front in the fight against climate change, alarmed researchers have said.

The world is on course for a "catastrophic" temperature rise this century, the United Nations said Thursday as it confirmed that 2020 rivaled 2016 as the hottest year on record.

A UN-backed summit Monday of political leaders and CEOs pledging to reverse the accelerating destruction of the natural world was long on promises and short on cash.

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu has called on wildlife officials and personnel to ensure a continued strict monitoring of the wildlife in the country amid the restrictions imposed to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Fifteen freshwater fish species endemic to Lake Lanao are now extinct in the wild, while two species could also be possibly extinct, according to the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

We can contribute something, even in our own little ways, to fight climate change and to help heal the planet.

The call for sustainability must be an encompassing one. It is not only enough for eco organizations or passionate individuals to take up the cudgels for the environment, corporate entities must also make their operations and activities environment-friendly.

Some corals can recover from bleaching even in long heatwaves as long as humans don't interfere, scientists said Tuesday, raising hopes for the endangered underwater ecosystems essential to much marine life.

Conservationists in Ecuador have found a nest of endangered leatherback sea turtles, a whopper of a species that can weigh up to a tonne and be three meters (10 feet) long.