Cranial fossils of a nodosaurid ankylosaur unearthed more than two decades ago on the Japanese island of Hokkaido have been recognized as belonging to...
A fossilized bone unearthed two decades ago in northeastern Japan belongs to one of the smallest iguanodontian dinosaurs ever found in the country’s...
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new fossil honeybee species that fills a long-standing gap in the evolutionary record of the genus Apis.
Apis...
A new genus and species of cryptobranchid salamander that lived in lakes in Japan about 3.5 million years ago has been identified from three fossil vertebrae,...
Genetic and acoustic evidence show that the rare Ijima’s leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ijimae) is actually two distinct bird species, including the newly-identified...
Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea), according to a new genetic...
The new species of hermit crab-associated sea anemone, Paracalliactis tsukisome, secretes and constructs a unique shell-like structure known as a carcinoecium,...
Using an innovative digital fossil-mining approach, paleontologists analyzed more than 250 fossil beaks from 40 ancient squid species. Their results suggest...
Large amber deposits discovered in northern Japan were likely swept out from a forest to the ocean by one or more tsunamis between 116 and 114 million...
The decision to urinate involves a complex combination of both physiological and social considerations. However, the social dimensions of urination remain...
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from the Late Cretaceous...
Paleontologists have described a new species of fossil comma shrimp based on a well-preserved specimen found in the Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka.
Makrokylindrus...
Paleontologists say they’ve discovered the fossilized bones of a new type of early-branching neoceratopsian dinosaur in the Japanese prefecture of Hyogo.
Life...
Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new genus and species of troodontid theropod dinosaur, based on the fossilized remains found in Japan.
Life...
Paleontologists in Japan have described a new species of shark-like cartilaginous fish based on the fossilized teeth from the Late Triassic Momonoki Formation.
The...
A research team led by Kyoto University and Osaka Metropolitan University botanists has described a new species in the genus Lilium from Japan.
Lilium...
A new genus and species of mosasaurine mosasaur being named Megapterygius wakayamaensis has been identified from a largely complete skeleton found in Wakayama...
Paleontologists from Fukui Prefectural University and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum have added another species of theropod dinosaur to the prehistoric...
Paleontologists have discovered an exceptionally well-preserved monodominant forest of the wood fossil-species Wataria parvipora at a Miocene locality...
