Smithsonian: Philippines biodiversity expedition
This spring I spent three weeks in the Philippines with a team of scientists from the California Academy of Sciences, trawling the ocean floor, canvassing the jungly flanks of volcanoes and diving in coral reefs. The scientists believe they have discovered more than 300 species that are new to science–including colorful new sea slugs, dozens of spiders and a shrimp-eating swell shark that lives 2,000 feet under the sea.
The research expedition constituted the largest, most comprehensive scientific survey ever conducted in the Philippines, one of the most species-rich places on earth.
You can find my story and photos at Smithsonian.
I have some other photos at National Geographic News.