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Everybody loves ‘Nemo,’ but who loves a fish that looks like a blade of seagrass? Hopefully more naturalists will, in the future.
Philippine mythology is rich in fantastic creatures and ghosts. While the belief in the factual existence of the White Lady is in retreat these days, there are, in fact, ghosts in the shallow tropical waters around many of the Philippine islands. But ...
The next time you go snorkeling or scuba diving, be on the lookout for these fascinating sea creatures. What are they called in your native language?
The warm, clear waters of the Philippines are very inviting for anyone who wants to go for a swim, but bathers often fear one creature: the sea urchin. Lurking behind a rock or under a layer of seagrass, these marine invertebrates have ...
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Found in shallow waters right here in the country, bobtail squids are fascinating creatures, and not just because they can change skin color or are capable of bioluminescence.
Philippine fauna impresses with large and imposing animals: the largest raptor in the world, the Philippine Eagle, as well as the largest fish and ray, respectively, with the whale shark and the manta ray. But there are also amazing miniature-sized animals ...
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Sharks, manta rays, turtles, and dugongs are all great, but for many divers, the tiny and colorful sea slugs are the main attraction of Philippine waters.
Most land-dwellers will assume that their scuba diving friends descend below the waves to see big, impressive and maybe even scary animals: sharks, manta rays, massive groupers or maybe a dugong. But in reality, to many scuba divers, including both domestic ...
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There are many places in the Philippines where one can experience close encounters with these gentle marine reptiles, but Apo Island in Negros Oriental is undoubtedly the country’s most famous turtle-watching spot.
A snorkeler drifts over the shallow part of the coral reef in Apo Island. Below her is the wonderland she expected: Colorful hard and soft corals, a massive barrel sponge, and a multitude of gaudily patterned coral reef fishes. Most of the ...
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The marine relatives of regular earthworms can be found in many coral reefs all over the Philippines.
Of all the countries in the world, there is no other country as enthusiastic about Christmas as the Philippines. Starting in late August, Christmas songs play in malls, kids go caroling from house to house, and the check-out ladies in the ...
The most famous and most historically significant wreck in Subic is the USS New York, one of the world’s most modern battleships when she was built.
Geography is the key in tourism and war; and in the case of Subic Bay, it played and plays an important role in both. The large bay is such an obvious choice for an easily defended natural harbor close to the nation' ...
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Even non-divers can observe the sardines as they are often so close to shore. The dynamic of the sardine school is hypnotic—like a giant, living lava-lamp.
Cebu is a place which has a lot of sights to offer for the traveler; from some of the nation's oldest Spanish colonial-aera churches and military forts in Cebu City, to a wide selection of picturesque beaches along its coastlines ...
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We're in the running for the world title.
The 2023 World Travel Awards announced on the evening of September 6 that the Philippines is Asia's Leading Dive Destination. Winners within Asia and Oceania were crowned in a red carpet ceremony at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City, ...
Tubbataha is the crown jewel of Philippine diving.
The Philippines is one of the world's prime scuba diving destinations, and Tubbataha reef, in the center of the Sulu Sea between Palawan, the Visayas and north-western Mindanao, is the crown jewel of Philippine diving. While many diving locations in ...
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The Anilao Underwater Shootout celebrates the art of underwater photography and serves as a platform for raising awareness about the significance of marine conservation.
The ever-changing weather provided a dramatic backdrop to the annual World Championship Underwater Photography Competition, known as the Anilao Underwater Shootout. As the sun beamed in the morning, promising perfect conditions for underwater diving photography, the skies would turn gray by ...
In the Disney+ show Limitless by Chris Hemsworth, freediving champion Tanya Streeter took the Marvel star to the bottom of the ocean and shared the priceless life lessons of freediving.
Life is short. That's the gist of Chris Hemsworth's new Disney+ show Limitless, where the Thor actor takes on impossible challenges to push himself to the limit. Limitless is all about testing the human body and finding ways to live ...
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Sean and Mich Calma are experienced divers who run the online community divers.ph. During a recent trip to the Middle East that took them to see the pyramids of Egypt among other places, they made a stopover in the United Arab ...
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