The new species is dark brown with a body about 2 inches long. Scales on its legs and abdomen reflect a deep “purplish blue sheen” immediately after molting researchers said.

Philippine Army personnel found the hikers in a mountainous area thick with vegetation ... "They told us they survived by ...

Authorities said they were "found safe” in the vicinity of a hydro power plant and were being transported, according to the state-run Philippine News Agency. Investigator Leo Gil Villafranca ...

San Miguel is one of the surrounding barangays, and this designation aims to protect the diverse ecosystems and biodiversity found in the area ... that Mindanao is known as the pitcher plant capital ...