Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas, with supporters urging humane methods to bring down the animal's population, which is wreaking havoc on the island's agricultural sector.

According to the Central Weather Administration, the quake’s intensity reached level 4 in Taitung and Pingtung and level 2 in Kaohsiung, Hualien, Tainan, and Chiayi. Taiwan uses an intensity scale of 1 to 7, which gauges the degree to which a quake is felt at a specific location.

Planned high-speed rail (HSR) extensions would blanket Taiwan proper in four 90-minute commute blocs to facilitate regional economic and livelihood integration, Railway Bureau Deputy Director-General Yang Cheng-chun (楊正君) said in an interview published yesterday.

Lai in his speech expressed hope that overseas Taiwanese in the US could help promote Taiwan-US cooperation following the inauguration of the administration of US President Donald Trump. A tourist who was struck and injured by a train in a scenic area of New Taipei City’s Pingsi District (平溪) on Monday might be fined for trespassing on the tracks,

Taiwan’s agricultural sector is facing an unprecedented challenge as authorities announce plans to cull up to 120,000 green iguanas that are threatening the island’s farming communities. The invasive species,

Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green ... said Lee Chi-ya of the agricultural department in the southern county of Pingtung. “That’s allowed them to reproduce at a considerable rate ...

Cash reward as public asked to help mass cull of iguanas in Taiwan - Fishing spears have been suggested as the most humane means of killing the animals

In this image made from video, hunters hold the iguanas they catch in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan on Jan 21, 2025. Photo: AP “A lot of people bought them as cute little pets, not realizing how big and long-lived they would become, so they set them ...

Taiwan plans to cull up to 120,000 green ... from the agricultural department in the southern county of Pingtung. “That’s allowed them to reproduce at a considerable rate, necessitating ...

The coldest conditions are to be felt tonight and early tomorrow morning, with temperatures falling to 7°C or 8°C in the northern and eastern parts of the country, and potentially below 10°C in all areas except Pingtung County, he said.

A relatively large earthquake may strike within the next two weeks, following a magnitude 5.2 temblor that shook Taitung County this morning, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. An earthquake struck at 8:18am today 10.2km west of Taitung County Hall in Taitung City at a relatively shallow depth of 6.5km, CWA data showed.

Taiwan sets bounty on heads of 120,000 iguanas - Fishing spears have been suggested as the most humane means of killing the animals