DONSOL, Sorsogon — After a light breakfast, we went to the Butanding (the local term for whale shark) Registration Office to sign up and watch a video on the do’s and don’ts of interacting with these ...

I was afraid to come out of the water. Not because I was wearing an eensy weensy yellow polka dot bikini - it was a modest one-piece bathing suit. The trouble was, it was black and white and polka ...

After Mayon, I went on to Donsol with Benjamin, my 12-year-old son. I really wanted him to see a butanding because the last time I was with my two kids we were at sea for five hours — and we very ...

For years, Donsol in the province of Sorsogon has been the seasonal home of the butanding —whale sharks, gentle giants that feed only on plankton, fish eggs, and small fish. But all that is changing, ...

Spotting them is a high like no other. Now a shipping giant and the World Wildlife Fund are turning the experience into a sustainable move for the environment A diving enthusiast on our boat taught us ...

SORSOGON CITY, Sorsogon (PIA) — Frequent sightings of whale sharks in the coastal town of Donsol in Sorsogon mark the start of the season for people to interact with the world’s largest fish.

LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines – It’s amazing what whale sharks can do. Tourism and business in the city are agog over the sighting of the gentle giants, also known as “butanding,” in coastal waters just ...

There’s bad news for the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), an iconic marine animal frequently spotted in Philippine waters and known locally as butanding. Now listed as “endangered” on the International ...

THE latest Red List assessment of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has put the whale shark and two other species at an increasing risk of extinction. While whale sharks and ...

SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan—Next to the Hundred Islands National Park in Alaminos City, this coastal town is emerging as Pangasinan province’s new ecotourism destination due to the presence of whale sharks ...