Field trip in the Philippines
We are collecting fossils and fresh fish samples in amazing Filipino sites.
March 2023
At least three summer internships are open in our lab. Contact us for more information.
February 2023
@ Prague for more fish fossils
Visiting the Institute of Geology, Czech Academy of Sciences for our joint project.
January 2023
Our paper, led by Erin, defines conservation paleobiology for the first time in 20 years.
December 2022
@ IPC6
Presenting our latest findings at the 6th International Palaeontological Congress in Thailand
November 2022
New PhD student
Our first TIGP student, Dom, joins our team this month. He will be exploring lots of otoliths and their morphology!
September 2022
The first skeletal fossil record described by our team was a fantastic experience working on it.
May 2022
Our new monograph is finally out! This time based on >25000 otoliths, plenty of new stuff
April 2022
Fish otoliths as a tool to reveal the coastal fish diversity in prehistoric Taiwan.
March 2022
New coral record
Finally, it has a name. Dendrophyllia coral found from a late Miocene stratum in northern Taiwan, amazing discovery!!
February 2022
Project funded!
Our small fossil shark teeth project is now funded by the Palaeontological Assocaition, UK. What a start for 2022!
January 2022
New 3D scanner for small fossils
Our latest toy has arrived!
December 2021
Want to know what our lab is doing? Then take my course "Fish diversity across time and space" this semester!
September 2021
We are pleased to have Siao-Man onboard. She worked on avian evolution, but will help us analyze fish fossils.
August 2021
Tons of fossils in the collection
We received many fossils from Prof. Tao (NTU), and now they are deposited at the BRC fossil collection
May 2021
We reconstructed the age-population structure of P. huaihoensis through the morphology of their teeth. Cool!!
April 2021
Our new paper discussed the influence of ancient Kuroshio Current on Japanese fish fauna
March 2021
We are pleased to have Chia-Yen onboard to help with shark fossils
February 2021
Fossil fish from Szekou Formation
A new sparid from Taiwan? Stay tune for more results
January 2021
Our formal otolith cabinet has arrived
Welcome to examine, deposit and exchange otoliths with us
December 2020
Our new paper reveals not just what tunas eat but they eat differently through life
November 2020
Working on ODP otoliths
We are launching a side project with Prof. Li Lo at the Dept. of Geosciences, NTU
October 2020
Many have been obtained and we look forward to the second internship next year
September 2020
Summer workshops underway
We are holding numerous workshops: fish taxonomy, micro-photography, and more
August 2020
Each fossil has a story
The online Taiwan News has a full-page article on what our lab is currently doing
July 2020
New! Lab & lab members are here!
Stay tuned for the upcoming new lab page
June 2020
NEW lab under construction!
May 2020
Invited seminar
Title: From tiny fossils to big questions: a multidisciplinary approach in traditional paleontology @LS114, Tunghai University
April 2020
Brunei expedition
Just came back from a sampling trip with lots of recent fish, otoliths, and fossils. Stay tuned for further details on this material!
March 2020
What do otters eat in Kinmen?
From the otoliths in their spraints, Eurasian otters mostly consume tilapia, an invasive fish on the island. (my co-supervised master's thesis was just out by Yi-shiuan Tai)
February 2020
Sampling fish at midnight
At this fish market in Keelung, you got something special; the only bad thing is that they start at 2 am
January 2020
Fish fossils of Taiwan:
Our new paper on "Where to find and why we should care about fish fossils in Taiwan" is now published online in Historical Biology
December 2019
Invited seminar
Title: The fossil otoliths: the known, the unknown, and why should we care @National Taiwan Ocean University, Room FSH107
November 2019
Eocene otoliths of Gulf coastal plain revisited
Back to Bari, Italy for about 2 weeks for finalizing the project: Eocene otoliths from the US Gulf coast
September 2019
Summer expeditions
Busy collecting so many samples for the project: Neogene otolith-based fish fauna from the western Pacific.
August 2019
Sampling in Japan
Had a nice sampling trip in Japan in the end of last month, which I hope will be a fantastic beginning of understanding the Neogene otolith-based fish fauna from the western Pacific.
July 2019
Otoliths from the reefs
Our paper entitled "Reconstructing reef fish communities using fish otoliths in coral reef sediments" is now available in PLOS ONE
June 2019
Public seminar
A general introduction to FISH OTOLITH at the Tainan City Zuojhen Fossil Park, Tainan, Taiwan.
May 2019
Invited seminar
It's my honor to be invited to talk about: Fish Otoliths in Time and Space: Exploring the Diversity of Fish Through Their Fossil Records at the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
April 2019
Project funded!!!
I am very happy to announce that the research project entitled "Significances of changes in the fish community composition in NW Pacific over the last 2 Ma" is now funded by MOST, Taiwan
March 2019
Opening 2 courses
Comparative anatomy (with Dr. Chun-Hsiang Chang)
Advanced ecology (with Dr. Shan-Hua Yang & Dr. Chung-Te Chang)
February 2019
First description of fossil otoliths from Taiwan is out
Lin, C.-H., et al. 2018. Common early Pleistocene fish otoliths from Niubu in Chia-Yi County, southwestern Taiwan. Journal of the National Taiwan Museum 71(3): 47–68
January 2019
New project: The hidden diversity of fish otolith in Traditional Chinese Medicine
What are they & Why should we care?
December 2018
