Plants that reproduce exclusively by self-pollination arise from populations with extremely low diversity to begin with. Kobe ...

Japanese orchids reproduce by self-fertilization with flowers that never open, challenging evolutionary theories.

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

The wide- ranging economic and cultural contacts of the Ryukyu Islands over that period gave rise to a unique culture. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Ce groupe de sites et de ...

which are present-day Ryukyu Islands of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and Vietnam. Official students from the Ryukyu Kingdom even had their own "Ryukyu Academy" at Guozijian. Today, when the Global ...

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...