In the first days of January 1945, US troops waded ashore in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, to begin recapturing it from Japan. About 230,000 Japanese and more than 10,000 US troops ...

Rhynchomys belongs to a unique assemblage of Philippine rodents that exhibit a combination of primitive features as well as unique morphological specializations. These nocturnal "shrew-rats," with ...

They call it the “Northern Sunset,” to differentiate it from the more globally famous Manila Bay sunset. Locals paddle their way home after offering boats ride to the tourists who visit the pristine ...

Hotels Near Dr Juan C Angara41.7 miles- Baler, Luzon Island, Philippines Hotels Near Loakan51.3 miles- Baguio, Luzon Island, Philippines Hotels Near San Fernando75.1 miles- San Fernando, Luzon Island, ...

A youth living at the foot of Taal volcano rides an outrigger canoe while the volcano spews ash as seen from Tanauan town in Batangas province, south of Manila, on January 13, 2020. - The Philippines ...

Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, is home to the world's greatest concentration of unique mammal species -- 93 percent of the land mammals there are found nowhere else. A new paper ...

Where is the world's greatest concentration of unique species of mammals? A team of American and Filipino authors have concluded that it is Luzon Island, in the Philippines. Their 15-year project, ...

The island of Luzon in the Philippines has the greatest concentration of unique mammals in the world and majority of these species cannot be found anywhere else on Earth. In a 15-year-long study, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Ragasa may develop into a super typhoon on Sunday as it approaches the northern part of the main Luzon island in the Philippines, the weather bureau said, threatening rice and ...

Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Saturday that the wreck of a Japanese merchant ship, sunk in World War Two with 864 Australian soldiers on board, had been found in the South China ...