On a handful of volcanic islands strung between Kyushu and Okinawa, a small olive-green warbler has been singing a song no ...

For decades, birdwatchers in Japan thought they were looking at the same little green songbird flitting through mountain ...

By Naina Rao For decades, the research community thought that the small, olive-green songbirds found on two Japanese islands ...

For roughly a decade, a quiet mystery played out across two remote Japanese island chains. Birds that looked virtually ...

Whether it's a wave or a thumbs up, in the animal kingdom it's usually only humans that perform wordless gestures to communicate. But new research from the University of Tokyo reveals that a clever ...

Researchers from Japan highlight the untapped potential of Japan’s extensive bird banding data, emphasizing its underutilization in ornithology. By applying advanced statistical methods to this "big ...

Birds never cease to amaze observers with their versatile intelligence. Flying birds experience time and space in radically different ways than humans; urban birds like pigeons adapted with remarkable ...