US faces cicada invasion, millions poised to emerge

The hordes are rising. A cicada invasion is imminent in the United States, with millions of the large cricket-like insects poised to emerge from the earth after 17 years lying in wait.

The hordes are rising. A cicada invasion is imminent in the United States, with millions of the large cricket-like insects poised to emerge from the earth after 17 years lying in wait.

Philosophy professor Jerry de Villa cherishes a photo of an injured bird that landed near his car then parked on the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City.

Two fishermen were killed and seven others were injured when their fishing boat was hit by lighting in the Pacific Ocean in northern Quezon on Monday, police said.

Typhoon Frank had brought so much devastation when it hit the country in 2008, but for the people of this sleepy town, they had something to thank the typhoon for.

The Fuego volcano in central Guatemala has begun shooting lava and columns of ash into the air, and authorities have raised the alert level in the area.
Years ago, I decided to write a series of poems about birds, using a reference book I had borrowed. A few of these tarried on the loft—the sparrow, in particular, and on occasion the brown shrike and the purple-throated sunbird.
As a boy, he used to kill trees to clear forest land for farming in Negros Oriental. Today, he spends his waking hours doing his best to saving them. With this, 59-year-old Rene “Tatay Ete” Vendiola has found a lifelong advocacy to preserve trees and promote sustainable farming. “Ang mga kahoy kabilin nga di mabayran [...]
A 27-year-old restaurant manager died when she fell from Peak 8 of Mount Batulao in Nasugbu, Batangas, police said Thursday.
THE ongoing reclamation project in Cordova town will test the Capitol’s idea of what should or should not be allowed in a Green Code.
IT’s that time of the year when love is in the air again.
Looking ahead, there will be a “mini-Boracay” with a man-made white beach.
A DE-ZONING of Cebu’s protected forest landscape to divide protected zones from production zones will be completed within the year, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) said yesterday.
Since most native trees grow from seeds, a non-government organization called on the public to collect seeds and propagate them to contribute to the creation of native tree forests.