Meteorus stellatus inhabits primary forests of the Okinawa-hontô and Amami-ôshima Islands, subtropical Japan.
Meteorus stellatus. Image credit: S. Fujie.
“Parasitoid...
A team of researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University and University College London has decoded the genome of...
Scientists have isolated a new orthonairovirus from two patients showing acute febrile illness with thrombocytopenia and leukopenia after tick bite in...
The Japanese archipelago, which has been occupied by humans for at least 38,000 years, underwent rapid transformations in the past 3,000 years, first from...
Yamatosaurus izanagii roamed our planet 71.8 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous epoch.
This artist’s illustration of Yamatosaurus izanagii...
A team of biologists from Japan has discovered a new species of the genus Scolopendra living in the forests of the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan.
Scolopendra...
A new species of nostoceratid ammonite that lived during the Coniacian stage of the Cretaceous period has been identified from fossils found in Japan.
Life...
Paleolithic people deliberately crossed the challenging ocean to migrate to the Ryukyu Islands of southwestern Japan, even though the islands would not...
An international team of researchers has discovered microbial life, in particular bacterial vegetative cells, in up to 1.2-km-deep and up to 120 degrees...
Paleontologists have discovered striking similarities between the fossilized bones of giant penguins that lived 62 million years ago in what is now New...
Marine biologists have discovered a new species of the shark genus Squalus in the tropical waters off southern Japan.
The Shirai’s spurdog (Squalus shiraii):...
An international team of researchers has found bacterial communities within microscopic spheroidal aggregates of dolomite, oil and water found in sheets...
A team of Japanese scientists has discovered a 3-million-year-old petit-spot submarine volcano in one of the oldest parts of the Pacific Plate.
The newfound...
Marine biologists have discovered a new species of the bobtail squid genus Euprymna in the waters of Japan’s Ryukyu archipelago, a region known for its...
A new genus and species of non-ornithothoracine bird has been identified from bones collected in Japan.
Life restoration of Fukuipteryx prima, a primitive...
A new genus and species of hadrosaurid (duck-billed) dinosaur has been identified from bones discovered six years ago in Japan.
Life reconstruction of...
Archaeologists have uncovered almost two hundred stone artifacts, including projectile points and flake tools, and bone fragments from large mammals at...
A team of researchers has isolated a new giant virus from hot spring water in Japan. Named medusavirus, the virus infects a species of amoeba called Acanthamoeba...
An international team of marine biologists has discovered a new species of the seahorse genus Hippocampus in the waters off southeast Japan.
Hippocampus...
In one of the largest studies of its kind, an international team of researchers conducted organic residue analysis of almost 800 ceramic vessels from 46...
