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Trainees study the anatomy and physiology of mangrove crab as one of the practical activities of the training course “Mangrove Crab (Mud Crab) Hatchery Operations” held at SEAFDEC/AQD’s Tigbauan Main Station on Aug. 12-Sept. 2, 2019. Photo by SEAFDEC/AQD

Jump-start aquaculture business with coaching from experts

By Rossea H. Ledesma FISH farms and hatcheries need proper management for these to prosper, so experts from the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD)...
A68 is about 150 km long but only 200 m or so thick. It has the profile akin to a few sheets of A4 paper stacked on top of each other. Rough seas should break it apart. JOHN SONNTAG/NASA

World’s largest iceberg heads towards open water

THE world’s biggest iceberg is about to enter the open ocean. A68, a colossus that broke free from the Antarctic in 2017, has pushed so far north...
Center photo: Flock of Egret birds captured through the spotting scope (Left). An osprey seen from afar in Katunggan Park at Sito Panus-on, Nabitasan, Leganes. (Right)

Thousands of migratory waterbirds flock Iloilo wetlands

A TOTAL of 2,610 waterbirds were seen flocking in five wetlands in Iloilo during the Annual Waterbird Census conducted by Community Environment and Natural Resources Office...
Authorities have rescued around 20 pangolins in Palawan’s El Nido town. DENR

20 pangolins rescued in Palawan

AROUND 20 pangolins were rescued from a wildfire trafficker in Palawan’s El Nido town. After an investigation, authorities conducted a raid in Barangay Pasadeña where the pangolins...
This owl is put on a “strict diet” to lose 20 to 30 grams. SUFFOLK OWL SANCTUARY

Rescued owl ‘too fat to fly’ – sanctuary

AN owl rescued from a ditch and thought to be injured was in fact just too fat to fly, a bird rescue center said. Suffolk Owl...

Global resource consumption tops 100-BT for first time

PARIS – The world is using up more than 100 billion tons of natural resources per year for the first time ever while global recycling of...
Jelly cocoons that contains the eggs of Marphysa iloiloensis at SEAFDEC/AQD’s Polychaete Hatchery in Tigbauan, Iloilo. Photo by MAE Mandario

New species of soil-cleaning worm named after Iloilo

By Rossea H. Ledesma A NEW species of mudworm, known to clean the soil in fishponds, was recently identified and named after Iloilo, the province where its eggs...
This is a generated waste dumped in an open site located at Brgy. Manoc-manoc, Boracay Island, Malay Aklan.

DENR sec pushes for more affordable sanitary landfills

THE worsening solid waste condition in the country needs to be urgently addressed as Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu bats for the easy and inexpensive operation of...

Plastic ban ‘could be an environment threat’

FIRMS are swapping to other packaging materials which are potentially even worse for the environment, the cross-party Parliamentary group warns. Glass bottles, for instance, are much heavier than...
A red brittle star, Ophiocoma wendtii, is seen in this image released on January 2, 2020. REUTERS

No eyes? No problem: Marine creature expands boundaries of vision

WASHINGTON – A cousin of the starfish that resides in the coral reefs of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico lacks eyes, but can still see. Researchers...