PAGSANJAN Falls in Laguna is arguably one of the most iconic images of the Philippines when the tourism industry was still in its infancy in the 1970s. “Shooting the rapids” on the way to the fabled ...

MANILA, Philippines—The state weather bureau on Monday warned residents in several parts of Luzon to remain vigilant for ...

LAGUNA Lake view from Muntinlupa City. Since 1973, the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) has routinely monitored the lake’s water quality through remote sensing and monthly assessments. The ...

Flooding occurs when a river bursts its banks and overflows onto the surrounding land. There are many factors which can cause a flood - often the natural landscape can influence flooding and human ...

This story appears in the October 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. The boat is dangerously encumbered. It pushes three barges by means of an engine that was built to convey about 750 tons.

At 4,130 miles (6,650 km) long, the Nile in Africa is the longest river in the world. Some people consider the Amazon in South America to be longer. This is because the many hundreds of channels that ...

Estuaries are dynamic ecosystems that have some of the highest biotic diversity and levels of production in the world. Humans have had a long relationship with the ebb and flow of estuaries around the ...