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UP MSI’s Bolinao Marine Laboratory initiatives and staff honored at the 2026 Gawad Pangulo Awards
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — The UP Marine Science Institute was recognized at the 2026 Gawad Pangulo Awards.
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UP MSI and Partners Launch Kalalawdan Fellowship Program Batch 2 to Strengthen Science-Based Maritime Governance in the Philippines
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – A new cohort of researchers, government professionals, and local policymakers from across the Philippines will soon convene under the Kalalawdan Fellowship Program as Project NEXUS 2.0 expands efforts to strengthen the connection between marine science and policymaking in the country.
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UP MSI awarded 2026 Gawad Tsanselor for Plastics Research Capacity Building Initiatives
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — The UP Marine Science was honored with the 2026 Gawad Tsanselor para sa Natatanging Programang Pang-ekstensiyon for the Plastics Research Capacity Building Initiatives of the Microbial Oceanography Laboratory (MOLab).
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Life and science on Pag-asa Island: UP MSI launches webpage on WPS biodiversity
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES — What is it like to conduct science in the country’s westernmost inhabited island? This International Day of Biological Diversity and as the Philippines celebrates Month of the Ocean, the UP Marine Science Institute is launching a new webpage featuring the marine life and research done in the Kalayaan Island Group over the years.
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UP MSI, Kalayaan LGU, partners lay groundwork for Pag-asa Island MPA in Roundtable Summit
by Leah Mahomoc
At the frontlines of the West Philippine Sea, where ecological importance intersects with national interest, stakeholders convened to chart a science-driven path toward conservation during the Roundtable Summit on Pag-asa Island Biodiversity and Marine Protected Area. -
Still in the Philippines, Still at Home
by Dr. Gizelle A. Batomalaque
There is a theory in psychology that posits that people perceive objects (i.e., people, places, events) more abstractly when these objects are more distant from the person, whether it be physical, temporal, or social distance (see Keller et al., 2022). -
A Study in Blue: Field Notes from the West Philippine Sea
by Lorenz Cajilig
They say happy accidents make the best paintings – and in this case, they did. Being part of an expedition was not part of my original plans for a thesis topic. -
The importance of seaweeds in Pag-asa Island and its environs
by Dr. Wilfred John E. Santiañez
Seaweeds are ecologically and economically important marine resources that have helped shape the culture and traditions of many coastal communities across the world. -
Lithoredo abatanica – Species Splash
Meet the Philippine entry for International Mollusc of the Year! Lithoredo abatanica, also locally known as “antingaw” in Bohol, is the first known shipworm that lives within and eats through rock.
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Submarine volcanoes, faults, internal wave generation zones, and a region for potential renewable energy surveyed in Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and southern Philippine Sea
FEATURED PHOTO: The height and shape of a submarine volcano spotted in the Sulu Sea (top left). Echosounder data (bottom left) shows gas discharge likely emanating from the volcano. On the right,…
