Ticao island is known as an
archaeological landscape, possessing thousands of precolonial artifacts such as the
Baybayin-inscribed Rizal Stone, Ticao gold spike teeth, burial jars of varying designs and sizes, jade beads, human face rock statues, and the
Ticao petrographs. Much of the homes in Ticao island use these archaeological finds to design their interiors. The island is also an
ecological frontier for the conservation of
manta rays. The island also possesses a 'rare subspecies' of
Visayan warty pig, that is almost near extinction.
Penelopides panini ticaensis, or the Ticao hornbill, was a subspecies of the
Visayan hornbill (
Penelopides panini) known to occur only in Ticao Island. It is likely extinct in the island due to deforestation and habitat conversion. ==References==