We meet Richard Pearce, a British ecotourism guide who runs an NPO dedicated to Japanese giant salamander conservation ... as many of these trees out of the river as possible.

Though a local issue of Japan, the situation raises a broader question: Are mega solar projects safe for local biodiversity?

Japanese giant salamanders are listed on the Environment Ministry's Red List for endangered species. In addition to their habitat being threatened over the years due to river works, the invasion ...

Plans to develop a new mega-solar farm in Japan are being met with resistance over concerns it will impact vulnerable giant ...

who surmised that the big-headed bog-dweller relied on surprise rather than speed to dispatch its food. He theorized that while the super salamander’s flat noggin was good for grabbing and ...

Japan is gripped by an influenza outbreak. Japan's health ministry reports that an estimated 1.6 million people were treated for flu symptoms in the week to February 3. At a nursing home with ...

The Kosi River in the Himalayas once captured part of a tributary: the Arun River. It set off a chain of geological events ...

Flatwoods salamanders get their name from their native habitat of longleaf pine wiregrass flatwoods — now extremely rare — in the lower Southeastern Coastal Plain of the United States. Only about 3 ...

An even larger species is the hellbender, a big fleshy salamander of river bottoms. In New York, only a few drainages along the southern border are home to hellbenders. Red-spotted newts begin life as ...

A huge atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska. Image: Michala Garrison, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership and data from ...

A flat year for solar installation numbers in Japan could be seen as positive in a nation switching to new PV business models, writes Izumi Kaizuka, director of research for Japanese solar ...

With Neuropsychological testing, I help patients understand the relationship between brain functions, emotions, and behaviors. Testing can assist in the diagnosis, symptom monitoring, and ...