Scientist says he found Japan fish thought extinct

A Japanese salmon species thought to be extinct for 70 years is alive and well in a lake near Mount Fuji, a science professor said Wednesday.

The black kokanee, or "kunimasu" in Japanese, was thought to have died out in 1940, when a hydroelectric project made its native lake in northern Akita Prefecture more acidic... Read More

AP – In this undated photo released by Kyoto University via Kyodo News, a specimen of endangered Japanese …