Fishes, fishes swimming in the sea,” so goes the familiar tune that we’ve hummed countless times through our childhoods. Children eventually grow up, but this simple rhyme is sure to resonate in their minds whenever they walk down a riverbank or swim in the blue seas. But do they really know the multitudes of fish that live in our rivers and oceans? Can they identify fishes by name? What do they know about their behavior? Aiming to improve knowledge among the general public of fishes and their habitats, National Taiwan Ocean University has devoted much effort to building an internet database of fish specimens and natural habitats. They hope to aggregate all available information about fish from Taiwan and southeast Asia.

Mimesis is when some butterflies use their colors and shape to blend into the background, thus deceiving predators.
The Dead Leaf Butterfly, Kallima inachus, is a classic example. When wings are folded, the butterfly looks like a dried leaf with dark veins, mold specks, and cavities. Wing patterns on ventral sides of the Dead Leaf Butterfly vary considerably with individual.

Butterfly patterns are symbols of nobility commonly seen in northern Paiwan and Rukai tribal woodcarvings, furnishings, and totems.
In Wutai Rukai tribal traditions, men that move and run rest can win the title of ‘lyalivarane’ (meaning butterfly). The chief will grant these men the right to wear a butterfly headdress. ......

The United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. This is to promote the philosophy that ‘biodiversity’ is life, ‘biodiversity is our life’, and humans and all life on Earth share the same future.
Biodiversity is decreasing rapidly due to human activities, such as destruction of natural habitats, environmental pollution, introduction or intrusion of alien species, and over-hunting.