TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa and sentenced him to seven years in prison, in a case that has triggered a… ...

Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89: Shohei Ohtani remembers former Yomiuri Giants icon Nagashima won 11 Japan Series in his playing career, including nine consecutive titles ...

Japan's farm minister said on Tuesday the government stood ready to offer more stockpiled rice as consumers formed long queues to snatch up cheap, emergency-use grain made available through some ...

The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime building bridges between the two cultures he called his own.

News Not your typical Texas critter: Plesiosaur from 100 million years ago discovered in Celina The marine predator fossils represent one of the most complete plesiosaur specimens in the Perot ...

Plesiosaur Sheds Light on Marine Reptile Evolution During the Jurassic Period Meet Plesiopterys wildi, the marine reptile that may have been endemic to its region and may hold the key to understanding ...

A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ancient marine reptiles during the Early Jurassic.

The discovery of preserved skin on a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur is revolutionizing our understanding of these extinct marine reptiles. By analyzing the soft tissues of this fossil, researchers ...

Is it better to be smooth or to be scaly? For fossil plesiosaurs around 183 million years ago, the answer was a bit of both. Scrutinizing some of the first soft tissues from a fossil plesiosaur in a ...

Soft tissue from a 183 million-year-old Jurassic plesiosaur analyzed Date: February 7, 2025 Source: Lund University Summary: A remarkably preserved plesiosaur fossil has revealed both smooth and ...

Scientists examined a fossilized plesiosaur’s soft tissue, revealing a unique mix of smooth and scaly skin. Smooth skin likely reduced drag, aiding swift swimming, while flipper scales may have helped ...

It's additionally possible that the hard scales could have helped the plesiosaurs maintain traction and avoid injury as they "bottom-walked" along the seabed while grazing on bottom-dwelling mollusks.