More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night. Seismic activity has been "very ...

The newly recognized Tokara Leaf Warbler is first bird species formally named from Japan in over 40 years. DNA and song analyses revealed it is distinct from Iijima's Leaf Warbler. The species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Before the Tokara Leaf Warbler was characterized as its own species, it was believed to be similar to the Ijima's Leaf Warbler.

There are many surprises that nature has in store for us, and one such surprise has been unearthed in the island country of Japan. In a research that has sent shockwaves across the world of ...

A bird long thought to be a single rare species in Japan has turned out to be two. Scientists discovered that the elusive Ijima’s Leaf Warbler and a newly identified Tokara Leaf Warbler look almost ...

TOKYO >> A new bird species has been confirmed in Japan for the first time in 45 years. A team from the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology and the Forest Research and Management Organization ...

For decades, birdwatchers in Japan thought they were looking at the same little green songbird flitting through mountain forests on two far‑flung island chains. It took high‑tech DNA tests and careful ...