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The Philippines plays host to the third largest known population of whale sharks, and is thus an important hotspot for the species.
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The tourism boom which Boracay has seen over the past decade or two has brought jobs and investment but strained the island's water and rubbish disposal systems and its sewer system.
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I had reached a stage in my underwater photography journey in which I wanted to do more than just take photos—I wanted to create works of art!
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Dumaguete seems to follow only two seasonal changes: dry and wet. June through September is the Philippines’ monsoon season, and as you might expect, conditions are warm and humid.
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When I considered buying my first snoot, I was searching for a way to up my photo game a little bit and to broaden the scope of my portfolio.
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I had never seen a blue-ringed octopus before, and as I tried to control my excitement and ready my camera, the guide pointed with his reef stick at a lump in the sand.
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Several weeks ago, a team of researchers from California Academy of Sciences’ Hope for Reefs initiative returned from their latest expedition in the Verde Island Passage in the Philippines—long considered as the “center of the center of marine sho
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Cagayancillo is the smallest municipality in the province of Palawan and the closest settlement to the Tubbataha National Marine Park.
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China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including reefs and islands also claimed by others.
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A team led and funded by Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen has located the Musashi on the seabed of the Sibuyan Sea in the Philippines.
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Our party of divers departing from Moscow got discount tickets and authorization for additional luggage for dive gear, plus an extra 10kg per person, after just showing our driver’s licenses to Cathay Pacific Airlines.
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SJ: You’ve been visiting the waters near Anilao for many years but what led to you first coming to this area?
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The water beneath me literally boils in a plethora of purple as anthias dance in the mild current.
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When my plane touched down in Cebu City in the central Philippines, the ground had barely stopped shaking from a catastrophic earthquake that rocked Bohol and Cebu causing severe property damage and loss of life.
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Attracted by several cleaning stations, the sharks come regularly before sunset for their early morning “toilette”.
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The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines has reported a marked rise in interactions with the giant fish in Donsol in the final quarter of 2013, resulting in increasing tourist numbers.
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