Yangmingshan National Park is located at the northern margin of Taibei Basin, with its various natural ecological resources nourished by the unique volcanic form and the influence of north-east monsoon. Therefore, the department continues the extension of environmental education and has issued Insects in the Nature, an insect explanation series book, and Four Seasons of Yangmingshan National Park DVD to introduce to the public the rich insect ecological resources and natural scenery which varies with seasons and climate change of Yangming Mountain.

The insect explanation handbook, Insects in the Nature, gives readers a chance to know insects through wonderful insect ecological pictures and vivid and pellucid words instead of the old stereotype of illustration. This is an incisive insect explanation handbook,excellent in both pictures and literary compositions for people to refer to and read at any time. This book is divided into three main parts: Get to Know Insects, introducing the body structure of insects and attention needed during insect observation, Ecological Behaviors, which gives a brief introduction to the breeding, growth, foraging, defense and other ecological behaviors of insects, and Insects in the Park, which presents several places suitable for observing insects in the Park and gives a reference based on the environmental features of various areas and common insects with a hope to assist tourists in enjoying the sight of insects in the Park.

Four Seasons of Yangmingshan National Park DVD mainly presents abundant natural scenery, volcanic geology and topography, meteorological diversity scenery of four seasons, and particular natural change, ecological resources of animals and plants in Yangmingshan National Park. The Park lies at the subtropical climatic region. The influence of latitude, landform and monsoon makes a clear distinction between the four seasons; different seasons and times show varied meteorological phenomena and plentiful ecological resources and unique geological scenery in the Park, which also unfolds various charms with the alternation of the four seasons. The department hopes to lead you to an experience of the quiet scenery of the four seasons of Yangming Mountain with an enjoyment of the diversity of the spring, the brightness of the summer, the romance of the autumn and the cleanness of the winter, fully in comprehension with the circle of the four seasons and the circle of life.

The establishment of the national park preserves precious natural resources for the earth and also supplies people with a wonderful place to experience the nature. The department also expects to bring the public with different wonders and feelings after tourists apprehension of the ecological behaviors of insects and experience of the beauty of the four seasons of Yangming Mountain so as to publicize the characteristic ecological resources of the Park, arouse the people of Taiwan to experience and cherish the nature and bring the preservation and education functions of the national park into full play.

We sincerely invite you to experience the fancy change of the four seasons of Yangming Mountain and probe profuse insect ecology in the Park.