direct flights take about two and a half hours.

Tagane and his team were studying the growth of plants in Amami-Oshima on Oct. 24 when they came across a colony of an unfamiliar plant species along a ravine in an evergreen forest about 30 ...

Watari Keita is a member of the Amami Mongoose Busters. He adds that the mongoose busters had to go deep into the forest to capture the animals, which was dangerous work, and the heat made the ...

and other researchers studied how the mongooses affected the Amami rabbit. They also measured the “flight initiation distance” (FID) of 278 frogs found on forest roads in several areas of the ...

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries coined the term shinrin-yoku or forest-bathing in 1982. Bathing in the forest, however, has nothing to do with water. The idea is to ...

What is an African forest elephant? Of the two species of African elephants, forest elephants are both smaller and more rare than their cousins, African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana).

Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and ...

Dig deep. Climb high. Understand, manage, sustain, protect, and restore natural resources systems. The College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science at Michigan Technological University brings ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Typhoon Shanshan was about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of the southern island of Amami on Tuesday morning as it slowly headed north toward Kyushu while ...

A powerful typhoon is expected to hit Japan's southwestern island region of Amami on Saturday evening, the state weather service said. Typhoon Bebinca could bring strong winds, landslides ...

Amami-Oshima has a pristine, tunnel-like mangrove forest that can be explored by canoe. Rare plants such as the Amamikusa hydrangea**** can also be spotted. Iriomote wildcat, endemic to Iriomote ...

Please verify your email address. The guide below provides a comprehensive walkthrough of the first region in Chapter 1 — Forest of Wolves. It covers everything you can experience in the area ...