How a wandering eagle, a stolen eaglet, and one Indigenous community reshaped the future of Philippine Eagle conservation The first clue came from the sky. Every few hours, a small GPS transmitter fixed to the back of a young Philippine Eagle sent another signal from somewhere in the mountains of Mindanao. Each point appeared like a faint heartbeat on a digital map. One location followed another, tracing a journey that few people had ever witnessed in such detail. The eagle w

Philippine Eagle Lakpue soars above Leyte’s forests after his reintroduction in 2025, a hopeful sight for the return of the species to its historic island home. DAVAO CITY, Philippines - A new scientific study has identified more than 10,000 hectares of possible release sites for Philippine Eagles in Leyte. The findings provide an important guide for future efforts to bring the country's national bird back to one of the islands where it once lived. The study, titled “Identify

The piercing gaze of Philippine Eagle LDI, captured up close. A Bird in the Sea The sea is no place for a Philippine Eagle. Yet one day in November 1993, off the coast of Maasim in Sarangani, a young eagle was found struggling on the water. She was built for the high forests of Mt Busa —for its ridgelines, giant trees, and warm columns of air rising from the land. Her wings were made to carry her above the mountain, not waves. But there she was: soaked, exhausted, and close t