There’s something special about the tamaraw. It’s a purely Filipino animal, endemic to Mindoro. Nowhere else is the tamaraw, also known as a dwarf buffalo, found in the world. The tamaraw is a ...

The tamaraw, along with the Philippine eagle, is considered the country’s flagship species. Every October, the Philippines celebrates Tamaraw Month as part of a national policy to save the rare ...

It may be small but it is nevertheless tough, ready to go to battle to protect its territory, even against bigger rivals. Such is the character of the endangered and elusive tamaraw or the dwarf ...

WITH its slightly increasing population—a trend observed in the last five years in Mindoro—environment officials believe there is a bright future for the endangered Philippine tamaraw. Despite the ...

According to the DENR website, the tamaraw population was estimated to be 10,000 in the early 1900s but because of a rinderpest outbreak in the 1930s, the figure declined drastically. The biggest ...

MANILA,Philippines — Through the launch of a documentary on the tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it aims to raise funds for the critically ...

A Tamaraw family photographed on Iglit-Baco Mountain Range in Occidental Mindoro. The tamaraw is the world’s rarest buffalo species, with just a few hundred holding out atop Mindoro’s highest ...

The population of the Philippines’ dwarf buffalo, one of the world’s rarest animals, has grown to its largest since efforts to save them from extinction began, conservationists said Friday. An annual ...

MOUNTS IGLIT-BACO, Occidental Mindoro: Gunshots echoed across the verdant fields of the mountain. Fear and silence followed in its wake. Throughout the nearly seven long months of the pandemic, it was ...

IT’S AN EXTREMELY hot day that greets us at the Villar City. The mercury is up, along with the sun, and the occasional gust of wind serves to simultaneously bless and curse us with coolness and clouds ...