6+ hour, 21+ min ago  (13+ words) Fossil evidence shows presence of lions in ancient Japan'Japan Wire by KYODO NEWS...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (229+ words) TOKYO - A research team at a Japanese university has found that the world's oceans during the Cretaceous period, roughly 70 million to 100 million years ago, were dominated by squid. In a report published recently in the journal Science by the researchers…...

9+ mon, 1+ day ago  (568+ words) A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclassified genus and species of pterosaur, or prehistoric flying reptile, a local dinosaur museum said Tuesday. Nipponopterus mifunensis is the first…...