Cyclamens add year-end color to homes in Japan
The Aichi prefecture is the nation’s top cyclamen grower, and the city produces about 460,000 pots a year, according to the local Himawari branch of the Japan Agricultural…
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Swans arrive in rice paddies near Tokyo
It is said there have been seasons when more than 1,000 swans have been seen. The waterfowl will stay at the rice paddies until around March
First Delacour’s langur baby born at Ninh Binh’s Tràng An Complex
The langur baby was born half a month ago, weighs around 300 grams, and is now in good health
Baby elephant loses half its trunk to Indonesia poacher trap
The one-year-old female got caught in what authorities said was a trap set by poachers who prey on the endangered species
UHF’s french bean variety gets recognition at national level
This variety was bred by a team of university scientists led by Late Prof AK Singh and though the variety was developed over three decades ago, its cultivation largely remained…
Okinawa port clogged with pumice stones
The pumice stones are believed to have been ejected from the Fukutokuokanoba submarine volcano near the Ogasawara Islands, which erupted in August.
Elegant migratory birds make Yellow River Delta home
The nature reserve, situated where the Yellow River flows into the Bohai Sea, is an important stop for millions of migratory birds on their global journey.
Rare ruby-red soba flowers bloom in Nagano fields
Rare ruby-red buckwheat flowers that are now almost in full bloom in the town of Minowa, Nagano Prefecture.
More than meets the eye in photo of orangutan ‘offering help’ to man
Although it seemed like the female orangutan was offering help, it is also possible tha that she could have been asking for food, an official said.
