The California Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with Filipino scientists from various universities and the Philippine National Museum is undertaking a major exploration of terrestrial and marine diversity from April 26 to June 10, 2011. Find out more details on their official 2011 Philippine Biodiversity Expedition webpage.
 
The aquatic team have now made over 1000 dives and the terrestrial team have collected specimens from Mt. Makiling, Taal and Banahaw.  It looks like they are going to make lots of exciting new discoveries!  You can follow their progress in the official …