Babies who are conceived in winter are less likely to gain weight in adulthood, according to a group of researchers led by a Japanese university ... of body fat – white fat, which stores ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its ... Lake Suwa into a sheet of solid white. First, people were awakened at night ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga Prefecture--A Steller’s sea eagle nicknamed the “Old Lady of Mount Yamamotoyama” has returned to its winter home ... based mainly on the black-and-white patterns on the ...