I am swimming through a wasteland of rubble, the pulverized remains of a coral reef. Its barrenness startles me. Elsewhere in the Philippines I have been dazzled by jewel boxes of coral splendor.

Videos released Monday by the Philippine Coast Guard showed a vast patch of bleached corals along the Rozul (Iroquios) Reef and Sabina (Escoda) Shoal in the South China Sea, which are underwater ...

A STAND of Acropora, or staghorn coral, shelters dozens of juvenile two-stripe damselfish in Jessie Beazley Reef, Palawan. The Philippine Coral Bleaching Watch recently shared an alarming trend of ...

World Reef Awareness Day 2025 highlights the coral reef crisis and the urgent need for global conservation action.

“I saw hammerheads, Napoleon wrasse and sea turtles swimming by a wall of corals.” Set off the coast ... resort east of the reef — lobbied the Philippines’ Department of Environmental ...

It is a cool Wednesday morning, just another day at the office. The Philippines forms the apex of the Coral Triangle and is the world's second-largest archipelago. Within this exquisite region sits ...

Jardeleza’s statement came a few weeks after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that coral reefs in Rozul (Iroquois) Reef, where Chinese militia vessels were seen, have been heavily ...

MANILA, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Philippines is exploring legal options against China accusing it of destruction of coral reefs within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea ...

China's Southern Theatre navy conducted combat readiness patrols on Saturday around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the ...

The Philippine task force on the South China Sea in a statement called for an independent, third-party marine scientific assessment of the causes of coral reef damage in the South China Sea.

Play Video Anticamara, a scientist at the Institute of Biology of the University of the Philippines, said the extent of coral damage in Escoda Shoal is tantamount to an “ecological disaster.” ...