Biology article list

Mushrooms are decided to move due to late delivery of food, discovered by Tohoku University

 A research group led by Assistant Professor Yu Fukasawa of the Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku University changes their behavior depending on the timing when the mycelium of the fungus is newly fed […].

Coral spawning was signaled by the darkness that occurs between sunset and moonrise, Ryukyu University and others elucidate

 In the international collaborative research team between Dr. Hiroko Nozawa of Taiwan Central Research Institute and Professor Shunichi Takahashi of Ryukyu University Tropical Biosphere Research Center, coral is by moonlight […]

The origin of medaka is the Indian subcontinent, the international collaborative research team elucidated

 An international collaborative research team consisting of 13 domestic research institutes such as Ryukyu University, Tohoku University, and Kyoto University and 6 research institutes from 7 overseas countries such as India and Vietnam […]

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine discovers centipede, a new record in mainland Japan, in Obihiro

 Natsuki Kaizawa, a graduate student at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine (1st year student in the Department of Environmental Ecology, Department of Animal Science) and Takeo Yamauchi, Associate Professor, Environmental Agriculture Research Division, are in Obihiro City […]

New species of cockroach and scolopendridae discovered by Professor Shimano of Hosei University are designated as "urgently designated species"

 Benieril Rigokib […] described by two teams involving Professor Satoshi Shimano (Animal Taxonomy), Faculty of International Cultural Studies, Center for Natural Sciences, Hosei University

Kyoto University elucidates the diversity and functional significance of male copulators of Japanese rats

 Takashi Tanito, a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Kyoto University (DC1 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) and Masaharu Motokawa, a professor at the Kyoto University Museum, are Japanese mice […]

Genome editing reveals silk moths dormant due to day length instead of temperature, Shinshu University, etc.

 The research groups of Shinshu University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, and National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institute of Natural Sciences, have used genome editing technology to make silk moths dormant from temperature […].

High school students from Numazu Higashi High School and Shizuoka University analyze the intestinal flora of deep-sea fish for the first time

 Five high school students from Shizuoka Prefectural Numazu Higashi High School (at the time of research) and Shinichi Watanabe (currently Shizuoka Prefectural Ito Commercial High School), Shizuoka University Green Science and Technology […]

Sea urchin opens a gate from stomach to intestine by stimulation of light, discovered by University of Tsukuba

 A research team led by Associate Professor Shunsuke Taniguchi of the University of Tsukuba discovered that when sea urchin larvae are stimulated by light, the pylorus, which is the exit of the stomach, opens.same […]

Hosei University Professor Shimano discovers new species of coastal mites from photos posted on Twitter

 Professor Satoshi Shimano of the Faculty of International Cultural Studies, Center for Natural Sciences, Hosei University, said from a photo posted on Twitter that he happened to see, a new species of coastal mites "[...]