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 ...

LEGAZPI CITY—Whale sharks, locally known as “butanding,” have started surfacing in Donsol Bay in Donsol town, Sorsogon, as the annual interaction season begins, prompting conservationists to remind ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. For years, Donsol in the province of Sorsogon has been the seasonal home of the butanding —whale sharks, gentle ...

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.

Suddenly an onlooker spots a dark shadow and the shout goes up: "Shark! Everybody get in the water!" At Donsol, the whale-shark capital of the Philippines, the aim is getting close to sharks, not ...

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 ...