Researchers from the CHED funded research program namely Mohagan AB, Patano Jr. RR, Dargantes KSA, Melencion MG, Coritico FP &  VB Amoroso, documented Talthybia depressa Thorell, 1898 or the Wrap-Around Orb-weaver Spider, a new record to the Philippines.          

Dr. Victor B. Amoroso, Dr. Fulgent P. Coritico (researchers from CEBREM) and Dr. Peter W. Fritsch (research collaborator from BRIT) discovered Actinostachys minuta a new species of grass fern from Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary, Mindanao Philippines. This research was funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and

Researchers from the CHED funded research program namely Mohagan AB, Patano Jr. RR, Leaño EP, Melencion MG, Coritico FP &  VB Amoroso, documented a rare species of pygmy grasshopper Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877 endemic to Mindanao.   The researchers provide the very first annotated records of the species specifically at