A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

The governor of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has warned the central government to "proceed carefully" as defense authorities move forward with plans to station surface-to-air missiles on an island just ...

It is now widely known that China has been focusing its attention on Okinawa, generating narratives about the island and its status. Among these narratives are the “Ryukyu Undetermined Status Theory.” ...

Okinawa, an archipelago that stretches from just below Japan’s main islands almost to Taiwan, means different things to different people. For many Japanese visitors, Okinawa, with its white stretches ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida is now in the midst of its creepiest time of year: “Spider Season.” That’s according to Dr. Lisa Taylor, an assistant research scientist for the University of Florida’s ...

Starting in September, folks in Upstate South Carolina and Georgia will inevitably come across the invasive large yellow spiders with their giant abdomens and long legs. They’re often confused with ...

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has accused U.S. military police of failing to coordinate with Okinawa authorities before taking nine Marines into custody on an Okinawa city street during a joint patrol ...

Occurred on August 19, 2025 / Pensacola, Florida, USA Info from Licensor: "I was out cleaning a pool for the company I work with and came across a beautiful female Black and Yellow Garden Spider and ...

On April 1, 1945, thousands of American troops landed on the beaches of Okinawa, a heavily fortified Pacific island to the south of Japan. Nearly three months later, the United States claimed victory ...

TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a storage site for unexploded ordnance at a U.S. military base on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa injured four Japanese soldiers, though the injuries are not ...

At least four people have been injured following an explosion near a U.S. military air base in Japan. Local and defense ministry officials said that four Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (SFD) members ...