ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Manukan, Zamboanga del Norte has successfully released a rescued and rehabilitated Olive Ridley sea turtle back into its natural habitat on Sunday. In a statement on Monday, the Department of Environment and...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) successfully rescued a 15-year-old female saltwater crocodile after a concerned citizen reported its presence in Barangay San Agustin, Magalang, Pampanga recently. It was rescued by personnel from the DENR-Pampanga Provincial Office with...
JOMALIG, Quezon – A large sea turtle (pawikan) was rescued and returned to the sea in Sitio Sadong, Barangay Talisoy, this town, on July 30. Village councilor Antonio Acunin and his brothers Marcial and Jojo noticed their three dogs barking incessantly and discovered a sea turtle that crawled...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — On a pristine Rhode Island beach teeming with noisy seabirds, a group of biologists armed with nets sneak up on a pair of American oystercatcher chicks. But just as they move in to capture them, one of the football-size birds, with bright-orange bills and long legs,...
Police apprehended an alleged illegal wildlife trader during an entrapment operation Wednesday in Barangay Lingsat, San Fernando City, La Union. The La Union Maritime Police Station, with the Aringay and Luna Maritime Law Enforcement Teams, in coordination with PENRO La Union, nabbed the suspect...
BUTUAN CITY – A rescued female Green Sea Turtle was released back to sea in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur on Thursday. In a statement on Friday, the local government unit (LGU) of Carrascal said the marine turtle was found by a deputized fish warden (Bantay Dagat) while conducting a routine seaborne...
As Europe scorches under extreme heat, people aren’t the only ones impacted by the high temperatures and humidity. Birds and other wildlife are at risk without respite, too. Birds, especially, are crucial to ecosystems across the globe, providing services like pollinating flowers, controlling...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) reported the release last week of a Philippine Serpent Eagle in Cagayan and the discovery of new sea turtle nesting sites in Batanes. In Cagayan, the DENR Community Environment and...
CEBU CITY – Authorities rescued wildlife species illegally kept in a resort in Barangay Kawit, Medellin, northern Cebu. During the operation, which was conducted on Wednesday morning, June 3, operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group-Mandaue City Field Unit also took into...
PAGUDPUD, Ilocos Norte – Wildlife volunteers on Sunday rescued a distressed green sea turtle weighing 10.4 kilograms in Sitio Dialao in Barangay Caparispisan in this municipality. Raymond Sesuca, Corporate Social Responsibility manager of North Luzon Renewable Energy Corp., told the Philippine...
CALANASAN, Apayao – A rare Luzon bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) dove was released back into the wild on Thursday after it was rescued in Barangay Ferdinand here. The Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) said that during an exploration activity in Mount Malingudo, the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) released on Wednesday eight rehabilitated wildlife back to their natural habitat in Zamboanga Sibugay province. The DENR-9 led the wildlife release activity in line with the celebration of the 2026...
