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A walkway build amid the mangrove trees.

A protected mangrove forest stands strong as Metro Manila’s last coastal frontier

Mikael Angelo S. Francisco 8 Oct 2025
The Philippine eagle is being pushed to the brink of extinction due to deforestation and unsustainable hunting.

Study warns up to a quarter of Philippine vertebrates risk extinction

Keith Anthony Fabro 2 Oct 2025
Datu Cornelio Melayao points to a patch of greenery tribal members reforested decades ago.

Philippine tribes revive reforestation to defy coal mining expansion

Bong S. Sarmiento 30 Sep 2025
A fallen tree sits inside the park in Ho Man Tin area, as super typhoon Ragasa approaches in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Typhoon Ragasa batters Hong Kong and south China after killing dozens in Taiwan and Philippines

Associated Press 24 Sep 2025
The local community of Dunoy is releasing a juvenile specimen in a small creek adjacent to the Disulap River.

Photos: Indigenous elders push for comeback of the revered Philippine crocodile

Giacomo d’Orlando 11 Sep 2025
Marine life off Panaon Island in the Philippines. Image courtesy of Oceana/Danny Ocampo.

Philippines protects huge coral hotspot off the coast of Panaon Island

Shanna Hanbury 3 Sep 2025
The First Gen tanker off the shores of Santa Clara, October, 2024.

Philippine fishers struggle as LNG ‘superhighway’ cuts through biodiversity hotspot

Mongabay.com 20 Aug 2025
Banner image: Corals and fish within the Bitaug MPA. Image © Dean Apistar/WCS Philippines.

Community efforts yield new marine protected area in the Philippines

Kristine Sabillo 20 Aug 2025
An Indigenous village in the Mount Mantalingahan area

Philippines’ new forest policy wins business backing but alarms green groups

Keith Anthony Fabro 19 Aug 2025
Ampalaya, or bitter gourd (Momordica charantia)

Filipino communities use vast variety of endemic plants for health: Study

Keith Anthony Fabro 12 Aug 2025
Joseph Vargas and Wilma Abanil in their home

As gas giants move in, Philippine fishers fight for their seas and survival

Nick Aspinwall 29 Jul 2025
Indigenous Lumad women hold slogans during a rally outside a military headquarters in the Philippines in 2018

Across Southeast Asia, Indigenous women challenge extraction and erasure

Hướng Thiện 25 Jul 2025
Mangrove forest in the Philippines. Image courtesy of the National Blue Carbon Action Partnership (NBCAP).

Blue carbon ecosystems are key for protecting the Philippines from climate shocks (commentary)

Jurgenne H. Primavera / Rona Joy Loma / Emily Richardson 22 Jul 2025
Banner image of a heavy downpour after Tropical Storm Wipha caused intensified monsoon rains in Quezon City, Philippines, on July 21. Image by AP Photo/Aaron Favila.

Tropical Storm Wipha rampages through several Asian countries

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jul 2025
The truncate-toed chorus frog is a tree-dwelling species endemic to the Philippines with four recognized subspecies. They have expanded toe discs, called pads, on their toes.

Deforestation in the Philippines may have caused infertile hybrids of endemic frogs, study finds

Spoorthy Raman 16 Jul 2025

Study reveals surge in illegal arachnid trade via Facebook in Philippines

Keith Anthony Fabro 30 Jun 2025
Banner image of Wutip as a severe tropical storm on June 14, 2025 by the Japan Meteorological Agency via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Typhoon Wutip ravages Asia with strong winds and flooding

Kristine Sabillo 17 Jun 2025
Banner image of a Philippine eagle by Aimee Valencia via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Indigenous forest stewards watch over one of the world’s rarest raptors

Mongabay.com 4 Jun 2025
Aeta women read a book.

Viral standoff at Philippines’ Mt. Pinatubo exposes decades of Indigenous exclusion

Michael Beltran 9 May 2025
Split shot in the waters of San Benedicto, Mexico. Credit: Enric Sala/National Geographic Pristine Seas

Protecting coastal waters may be the best investment you’ve never heard of, says Kristin Rechberger

Rhett Ayers Butler 29 Apr 2025
Banner image of Pope Francis at Tacloban airport, courtesy of Benhur Arcayan/Malacanang Photo Bureau (Public domain).

Remembering Pope Francis and his visit to typhoon-hit Philippines

Kristine Sabillo 24 Apr 2025
Banner image of a yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) by James Gathany, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Dry season predictability and temperature drive dengue cases: Study

Kristine Sabillo 10 Mar 2025
Bubot Bagawan explains how they generate electricity for their rice mill inside the micro-hydro generator’s powerhouse.

In remote Philippine villages, micro-hydro alternatives power Indigenous homes

Geela Garcia, Michael Beltran 27 Feb 2025
A researcher notes biomass measurements in a mangrove forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image by Kate Evans/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

Mangrove deforestation for commodities limits conservation funding in SE Asia

Carolyn Cowan 25 Feb 2025

Tourists are back at this Instaworthy Philippine town, but can its sewage system keep up?

Keith Anthony Fabro 7 Feb 2025
Banner image of Reynante Polenda tending to his forested farmland. Image by Keith Anthony Fabro/Mongabay.

Native trees, local wildlife thrive under Philippine tribes’ ‘rainforestation’

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2025
Banner image of discus fish by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

1 in 4 freshwater species worldwide at risk of extinction: Study

Kristine Sabillo 14 Jan 2025
Banner image of Cagayan de Oro flood control project construction, courtesy of Project LUPAD.

By razing trees for flood defenses, a Philippine city may have raised its risk

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2025

Southeast Asia in review: 2024

Carolyn Cowan, Gerald Flynn 30 Dec 2024

Unboxed: New lipstick vine revealed in Philippine expedition with Banao tribe

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Dec 2024
A little girl looks out between the barbwire of the refugee compound in 2015.

In the Philippines, persecuted Lumads push for Indigenous schools to be reopened

Michael Beltran 18 Dec 2024
Banner image of four storms over the Western Pacific Ocean in November 2024, by NASA Earth Observatory via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Philippines’ ‘extraordinary’ typhoon season was climate-fueled: Scientists

Kristine Sabillo 12 Dec 2024

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