At one time, Doherty and rice farmers would burn their fields after the fall harvest to ... to find that magic in a puddle." Thousands of small bugs called zooplankton were growing in that water ...

The property measured about 3,230 square feet and was in a great location: It was surrounded by trees and rice fields, yet stores and restaurants were less than 10 minutes away. And the traffic ...

Located in the Noto Peninsula on central Japan’s Honshu island, the city’s little coastal town of Shiroyone is home to 1,004 small rice ... installed in the rice fields, switching between ...

THEY’RE EATEN BY SMALL FISH RAPIDLY ... four generations," Doherty said.At one time, Doherty and rice farmers would burn their fields after the fall harvest to prepare for the spring, but ...