Ask any elementary pupil about the country’s national tree and the answer will likely be “narra.” But ask them what a narra tree looks like, and many may struggle to describe it. The reason is simple: many children today have never actually seen a narra tree in their surroundings. Even in...
TOKYO (AP) — Eight crested ibises were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. The endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony Sunday in Hakui city in the Noto region, where they were last seen in...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 3 (Central Luzon) has documented the vulnerable Biak-na-Bato Limestone Frog at Biak-na-Bato National Park, underscoring the ecological importance of the cave and its limestone ecosystems. Protected Area...
ILIGAN CITY – A rare juvenile Mindanao tarsier was recently rescued in the Piyapayungan mountain range in Marogong, Lanao del Sur. Residents of Barangay Diragun discovered the creature near a National Greening Program rehabilitation site and a partially disturbed forest area increasingly...
DAVAO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region 12 (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, and General Santos City or Socsksargen region) rescued 17 endangered species from Indonesia in a checkpoint in Barangay Tamblers in General Santos City on Wednesday,...
Authorities arrested seven individuals for allegedly collecting endangered plants on Wednesday, March 25, in Barangay Poblacion West, Agno, Pangasinan. A Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer reported the suspects collecting the protected plants for sale. The suspects were found in...
PUDTOL, Apayao – A critically endangered freshwater turtle is being rehabilitated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Calanasan, this province, after it was rescued in Barangay Capanikkian here Thursday. Known...
KORONADAL CITY – Alert police officers manning a checkpoint in Maasim town, Sarangani province, arrested a man on Monday for illegally transporting 25 endangered bird species. Police Col. Jerone Orville Panganiban, Sarangani Police Provincial Office chief, said personnel from the 2nd Sarangani...
ILOILO CITY—A newly discovered plant found only in Capiz and Iloilo provinces may be endangered. Researchers sounded the alarm for Begonia jurgenneae following its discovery published by scientific journal Taiwania this month. Dr. Harold O. Buenvenida, Dr. Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez, and Mark...
A juvenile Brahminy Kite was rescued after it was found weak while searching for food in Barangay Burayoc, Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte on Tuesday. Resident Edison Aguete spotted the bird, approximately weighing half a kilo, in his property and surrendered it to the Municipal Environment and Natural...
ENRILE, Cagayan – The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office based in Solana, this province, caught a dangerous Luzon King Cobra (Ophiophagus Salvatana) snake with 50 eggs in a residential area in Zone 4, Barangay Magalalag West, here, on Sunday, June 22. Residents reported the...
DAGUPAN CITY – The Pangasinan Provincial Cyber Response Team, with the Community Environment and Natural Resources-Pangasinan Central Office (CENRO)-Pangasinan Central Office, arrested a 29-year-old man for allegedly selling endangered sugar gliders online on June 19. The suspect Caloy was nabbed...
