Articles related to "Japanese Island"

There's no point racing off to Indonesia to see wildebeeste, or to the Seychelles to see Orang-Utans. Monkeys bathing in hot-spings? Komodo Dragons? Here they are.

The Median Tectonic Line (MTL) is a major constructional fault in Japan, running from Kyushu to Kanto. How to put it in a museum?

The finale to the third season is the first time that a Doctor or assistant has not been written out, but this has freed Davies to come up with the best ending yet.

Prior to the 1940's, keta salmon contributed almost 50 percent of all salmonids in the Pacific Ocean. Today only a few of the once healthy runs remain.

The Crowns of Thorns starfish is a known destroyer of coral reefs. A scuba diver may find this starfish in a marine park so background knowledge of the animal is useful.

The films of Studio Ghibli continue to delight audiences of all ages.

The 2002 Three-Year-Old Male Champion War Emblem was a slow starter in passing along his genes following his retirement from the track. Black Emblem is his latest winner.

Japan offers excellent Winter Snow Sports, slopes for skiing, enthusiastic apres-snow life, wonderful scenery, and to get you there - the fabulous bullet train.

A limestone reef from the Pacific is stranded in western Honshu's geological make-up. How did it get there?

Japan is known for beautiful strato-volcanoes and large caldera volcanoes. These are recent additions to a geological base of ocean-derived rocks and sediments.

The rarest wild cats in the world inhabit relatively small geographical ranges and are endangered due to human activities.

Essentially a collection of 10 black and white documentaries exploring "the day that will live in infamy", this informative two-disc set is a must for war buffs. 6.5/10