Mud hoppers on increase

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows mud hoppers in Ogi, Saga Prefecture, in June 2012. The population of mud hoppers in the Ariake Sea in southwestern Japan has shown an eight-fold increase in the first survey in 16 years, as they have been able to easily survive winters amid a temperature rise, a research institute said on May 29, 2013.

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