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Catch living giant paddle fish in Taiwan
Oceanography

Catch living giant paddle fish in Taiwan

A fisherman on the island of Taiwan has captured a paddle fish with a length of more than 5 meters in the sea near Seaside Park in Taitung.

December 17, 2018
Discover new sharks in the market
Oceanography

Discover new sharks in the market

While visiting a fish market on the island of Taiwan, the experts were shocked to see a species of shark that scientists never knew.

December 17, 2018
Found the new 'strawberry' species
Oceanography

Found the new 'strawberry' species

An oceanographer discovered the new crab shaped like a strawberry, with white spots on the red apricot, on the southern coast of Taiwan.

December 17, 2018
Mammoth exhibition 39,000 years ago
Archeology

Mammoth exhibition 39,000 years ago

Visitors to Taipei, Taiwan can visit a mammoth specimen about 3m long. It was a 10-year-old smooth-haired elephant named Yuka.

December 17, 2018
Taiwan successfully developed multicolored rice
Biology

Taiwan successfully developed multicolored rice

Under the support of the Taiwanese government (China), the Hualien County Agricultural Research and Development Station has successfully developed different colored rice…

December 17, 2018
Soft rice for the elderly
Biology

Soft rice for the elderly

The new rice was created by the Miao-feng District Agricultural Research Station in central Taiwan. To find it, the station's scientists have been studying for the past…

December 17, 2018
200 varieties of artificial plants
Biology

200 varieties of artificial plants

With 50 laboratories of the state and the private sector and the leading Asian seedling factories (Japan, Taiwan), Da Lat is the leading country in seed production with…

December 17, 2018
Taiwan produces 7-color rice
Biology

Taiwan produces 7-color rice

With the goal of competition and attracting domestic consumers, Taiwanese scientists have developed a new type of rice that promises not only delicious but also deliciou…

December 17, 2018
Detecting new snails in Taiwan
Animal world

Detecting new snails in Taiwan

Dr. Wen-Lung Wu of the Academia Sinica Biodiversity Research Center in Taipei (Taiwan) and colleagues have provided information describing an entirely new snail.

December 16, 2018
An Asian species subspecies 'extinct'
Animal world

An Asian species subspecies 'extinct'

Cloud Formosan newspaper, an endemic animal on the island of Taiwan, may have disappeared forever. Chiang Po-jen, a Taiwanese biologist, said that the likelihood of peop…

December 16, 2018