A species of pygmy grasshopper commonly known as the four-spined pygmy devil have been discovered by researchers in Mt. Hamiguitan in Davao Oriental.
Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildelife Sanctuary (Photo courtesy of IUCN Naomi Doak via the UNESCO website)
Arulenus validispinus, according to Dr. Vict
PROTECTED AREA. The twin falls inside the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park. A team led by Filipino botanist Shiella Mae Olimpos, a flora specialist of the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc., will launch a flora expedition inside the protected area on Negros Island in July.(Photo courtesy of DENR-Western Visayas) BACOLOD CITY - A flora expedition will be held in the Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP) in July to update the database on the various plant species found inside the protected area on Negros Island. As of Wednesday, the team led by Filipino botanist Shiella Mae Olimpos, a flora specialist of the Philippines Biodiversity Conservation Foundation Inc. (PhilBio) and a Master of Science student at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, has been gearing up for the project. "I'm very happy that Shiella will lead this initiative. She is a PhilBio staff and her thesis is about the Mt. Kanlaon flora," PhilBio president Errol Gatumbato said in an interview over
Transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is ramping up initiatives that will enhance computer literacy among school children via its “TECHKID” program that sets up “computer laboratory projects” at its host-communities. Through that endeavor, the company is targeting