A new Philippine Eagle genome study shows why saving the species now means protecting both birds and bloodlines. Jayson C. Ibanez Meet Philippine Eagle CJ Lipadas—one of the most inbred among rescued eagles, yet a strong symbol of survival and the urgent need to protect what remains. CJ, also known as Lipadas, survived a marble gun. The shot cost him his right eye. Gavra Maslog survived a trap. But before she was rescued, people had already cut into her body. The tips of her

South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx mindanensis) Camera traps at the heart of the Monkayo Pag-asa Carbon Forest recently captured two quiet but powerful signs of recovery: a Japanese Night Heron, an IUCN Vulnerable species, moving through the restoration site, and a Mindanao Squirrel leaping from one young tree to another. During bird monitoring, another forest gem appeared: the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher, a Mindanao endemic whose bright colors seem almost unreal a

Philippine Eagle Tagoyaman Fernando's first flight to freedom on Earth Day, April 22, 2021. A native trap meant for deer and wild pig became the starting point of a much bigger conservation story in San Fernando, Bukidnon. In October 2020, a young Philippine Eagle was accidentally caught in the mountains of Mt. Malimumu, Barangay Magkalungay. He was weak, underweight, and carrying an old pellet wound. After rescue and rehabilitation at the Philippine Eagle Center, he was rel