Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--Warmer ocean temperatures are blamed for a major bleaching event this summer that killed 61.2 percent of corals off Amami-Oshima island. The damage was found in a ...

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.

3 it has eliminated all invasive mongooses from Amami-Oshima island here, describing the eradication program as a “worldwide unprecedented achievement in protecting biodiversity.” For years ...

Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent highly productive years there painting ...

The Amami Rift is off the southwest coast of Japan, just north of the island of Amami Ōshima. The research team includes Tomoyuki Komai and Chong Chen.

Back in 1979, several so-called Amami rabbits (Pentalagus furnessi) were discovered on the Japanese island of Amami Oshima, located in Kagoshima Prefecture. ILOILO CITY — The Regional Task Force ...