Japan is well known for its animal attractions, particularly “Rabbit Island,” or Okunoshima, and a couple of “Cat Islands,” namely Aoshima and Tashirojima. It’s hard to beat the appeal of being ...

Synodus autumnus, or the autumn lizardfish (Iroha-eso in Japanese), derives its name from its warm-toned coloration, reminiscent of the time when leaves turn orange, yellow and red in the fall, also ...

Before this discovery, three species of Spiranthes orchids were found in Japan: S. australis, S. sinensis and S. hongkongensis, and only S. australis was thought to grow on the Japanese mainland.

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- High concentrations of potentially carcinogenic PFAS "forever chemicals" have been found in Tsushima leopard ...

Off the coast of Japan, divers were collecting soft coral when they noticed one of these alien-like animals hidden on the branches. Using a gill net off Sugashima in 2021 and 2022, divers removed ...

Japanese tree frogs are found not only in Japan, but also Korea, northeastern China, eastern Mongolia and eastern Russia. But, when herpetologists and researchers took a closer look at the tree ...

The green pheasant is the only native pheasant species of Japan and is not naturally found anywhere else in the world. It was designated as a National Natural Treasure in 1947 to protect and ...

Researchers said they named the new species after the Nansei Islands near the Okinawa Trough where it was first discovered ...

Kumamoto – A fossilized cervical vertebra discovered back in 1996 in southwestern Japan was found to have been from a new genus and species of pterosaur, a prehistoric flying reptile.