Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

Scientists know that natural disasters have negative health effects on survivors, but long-term observations are lacking. To ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Deep-sea oarfish and anglerfish sightings near shores fuel speculation about impending disasters, but scientists remain ...

On March 11, 2011, the Japanese islands were struck by an earthquake of enormous force. For six minutes the ground was ...

Why are oarfish considered bad omens? As the 'messenger of the sea god' or Ry*g* no tsukai in Japanese mythology, the oarfish ...

What Are Natural Disasters? Natural disasters are catastrophic events that occur as a result of natural processes of the ...

An oarfish, known as a "doomsday fish," washed ashore in Mexico, fueling superstitions of an impending natural disaster.

Japan is turning to nuclear power more than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Japan is ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

Oarfish have long been associated with impending doom and its eerie appearance and deep-sea origins have cemented its reputation as a creature of superstition.