Off the coast of Japan, a small, spikey orange fish was caught on the end of a fishing line. The creature was pulled more than 500 feet to the surface and it was identified as a scorpionfish, a ...

Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...

The Kappa is a water demon from ancient folklore that is depicted as green and scaly with webbed feet and looks a little bit human Remains said to be those of this mythical creature are going on ...

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Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners -- and huge ...

Inspired by creatures she encountered diving in the waters off a remote island, the Japanese singer-songwriter’s understated, beautiful album explores liminal worlds through softly textured ...

The music of Ichiko Aoba traces the blurred borders between apparent opposites. On the Japanese guitarist and singer-songwriter’s new album, Luminescent Creatures, she sings often of dissolved ...