Two symbiotic marine lifeforms who somehow evaded the prying eyes of human scientists and ‘disappeared’ from the fossil record over a quarter of a billion years ago have been found thriving offshore of Japan. The creatures in question are non-skeletal corals and crinoids, or sea lilies, who were found proliferating on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, 100 meters (330 feet) below the surface, off... 

More than 1.6 million people have been ordered to evacuate as Japan gears up for potentially record breaking wind and rain as Typhoon Hagibis claims its first victim before even making landfall. Winds are set to reach 216km/h (134mph) and trigger floods and landslides when the monster storm barrels into central or eastern Japan on Saturday, the country’s Meteorological Agency has warned. The sky... 

Let’s face it, not everyone is a massive “Know everything” nerd when it comes to tourism yet almost every one of us enjoys a good vacation at some beautiful place every once in a while. It often happens that we want a break from everyday routine, we have the money and the time to go somewhere beautiful yet we often delay or dismiss our plans because sometimes we aren’t really sure where to... 

From times immemorial, deep blue sea appeared to be a hostile and hazardous environment to man. Like on land, there are anomalous area in oceans and seas. In addition to the well-known Bermuda Triangle and the Mariana Trench, there are many other places in all the oceans of the world, where strange and mysterious phenomena occur. The Sea of the Devil is a part of the Pacific Ocean, located to the... 

Japanese women sort through freshly caught fish at the Hirakata fish market in Kitaibaraki, Ibaraki prefecture, south of the stricken Fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant number 1 on April 6, 2011 Harmless traces of radioactive cesium have been discovered in fish and seawater in several areas of Japan, as the country continues to debate whether their fish is safe to consume and anti-nuke protests... 

Firefighters and rescue workers search through debris in Tanabe, Wakayama prefecture, western Japan on Sunday, September 4, 2011. Heavy rains and mudslides from Typhoon Talas have left at least 15 people dead and more than 43 others missing in Japan, local media reports. Evacuation orders and advisories have been issued to 460,000 people in western and central Japan, Kyodo News agency reported. The...