On most days, farmers and staff carry out their daily work and responsibilities. When the timing and conditions are right, we engage in...

One of the objectives in our community forestry project is to have more local community members to join the project. This year, we gave...

Oaks (Fagaceae) are one of the peculiar plant families that make it especially challenging to understand how and when they flower and...

In just 2 years, we recruited 23 members and 15 observers who have contributed to our iNaturalist project (join here ) . We’ve...

Twice a year, two staff members weed out grasses and invasive weeds along both sides of the road in the village, a distance stretching up...

One of our long-standing goals is to be inclusive in community-based management of the surrounding environment. There are always certain...

For many years, the farmers of Juhu Ecological Park have collected and propagated many native tree species for various purposes, such as...

It isn’t often you hear kids being little field scientists. With lots of camera traps lying around, we thought it would be a great idea...

This summer, students from a local elementary school just by the coast from where we are came for a field trip to learn about the local...

In late June, kids from an elementary school visited us for an educational field trip. That early morning, we had to prepare for a seed...

Every year, mandarin limes ripen in October and November. This year the team in JEP has harvested baskets and baskets of heavy mandarin...

Authors: Lin Chau-Chin & Jennifer K A Sense of Place Taiwan is a mountainous island located in the subtropical zone in southeastern Asia....

Author: Jennifer K (ecologist) In this article, I share my experience observing a fig tree, Ficus caulocarpa, and its relationship with...

(English below) 臺灣是生物多樣性相當豐富的國家，也是全球著名賞螢熱點之一，您知道嗎？全世界已記載的螢火蟲種類大約有2,000多種，而臺灣就占了其中大約65種。臺灣的螢火蟲密度在世界上名列前茅，僅次於牙買加和哥斯大黎加。...

(English below) 山羌是一種小型的鹿科動物，以多種植物為食。他們喜好非纖維性碳水化合物含量高的葉片，不喜好高纖維的葉片，尤其避免木質素含量高的樹木葉片。山羌也被稱為「吠鹿」，因其特別的吠叫聲，當山羌受傷時會發出其他的叫聲，雖然我們沒辦法區分出山羌不同的吠叫聲。...

(English below) 關於食蟹獴 食蟹獴通常在早晨和傍晚活動，最多可觀察到四隻成群的食蟹獴。據臺灣南部的種群，它們在旱季比雨季更活躍。看來他們在一天內以及季節之間的活動在台灣各地有所不同。牠們擅長游泳，並在溪流附近和靠近水域覓食。儘管乙食蟹來命名，但其飲食不僅限於...

(English below) 兩棲動物是需要水或潮濕環境來生存的小型脊椎動物這一群物種包括青蛙、蟾蜍、蠑螈和水螈。兩棲動物可以透過薄的皮膚呼吸和吸收水分。兩棲動物的皮膚上還擁有特殊的腺體，可以產生有用的蛋白質。一些腺體負責將水分、氧氣和二氧化碳運送到動物內或排出體外。其他...

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