World Heritage
The terraces at Philippine Cordilleras
The United Nations Science, Education and Culture Organization has recognized terraced fields in the Philippines Cordilleras is a World Cultural Heritage in 1995.
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Oceanography
Determination of 6-meter-long hairy creatures washed up on the coast of the Philippines
The 6-meter-long body of a strange creature appeared on the coast of San Antonio town, Oriental Mindoro province, Philippines, on May 11, according to Fox News.
Oceanography
Thanks to sharks, the pearl island in the Philippines revived miraculously
After heavy devastation from Typhoon Haiyan, a famous resort island in the Philippines has been revived thanks to the ferocious sharks hiding in the deep sea.
Oceanography
Marvel at the unimaginable beauty of strange creatures hidden in the sea
Not many people have
Oceanography
Discover hundreds of strange creatures in the seabed of the Philippines
US scientists discovered more than 100 species of exotic creatures, never studied in Philippine waters.
Oceanography
Scuba diving with 'ocean unicorns'
A group of divers are lucky to see the pyrosome, a rare tubular creature called
Oceanography
Catching a wide mouth shark is rare in the Philippines
The wide mouth shark, one of the rarest fish species in the world, is discovered by fishermen on the coast of the Philippines.
Oceanography
Hundreds of new species were discovered in the Philippines
The California Institute of Science has discovered more than 300 types of plants and animals that have never been discovered in the Philippines, which are ecologically t…
Oceanography
Detecting strange sea creatures off the Philippines
While searching for millions of isolated marine organisms in the southern Philippines, scientists have found many strange creatures that they believe have never been dis…
Oceanography
Discovered new species of crustaceans and mollusks in the Philippines
About 80 scientists, professionals, students and volunteers from 19 countries - surveyed the waters around Panglao Island, located 624 km southeast of Manila, since 2004…
Archeology
Evidence of the arrival of Philippine islanders 700,000 years ago
According to scientists' writings, scattered stone tools in heaps of hippopotamus show that they came to the Philippines archipelago about 709,000 years ago.
Archeology
American billionaire claims to find a Japanese ship under the sea
Billionaire Paul Gardner Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, claims to locate a Japanese battleship from World War II under the seabed of the Philippines.
Archeology
Species settled in the Philippines 67,000 years ago
A fossil of the unearthed leg bone shows that the Philippines is a land inhabited by humans 67,000 years ago.
Archeology
Philippines: Fossilized species of dwarf buffalo species on the island of Cebu
US researchers have discovered a
Biology
Super nickel absorption plants discovered in the Philippines
This new plant species is named Rinorea niccolifera, reflecting its nickel absorption capacity with very large volumes.