Discover 20 fascinating animals in Japan, from monkeys to deer, as well as other fascinating Japanese wildlife species you ...

Tokyo, Japan, 12 October 2010 - TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has released a report analysing the status of Japan’s trade in wild animal and plant species entitled The State of ...

Our readers have been traveling far and wide — trekking through the Amazon, cycling Oregon bike trails, exploring Old Montreal — and sharing their travel adventures with us via photos, stories and ...

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, triggering a deadly tsunami that, in addition to killing over 15,000 people, forced more than 100,000 to evacuate their homes due to a meltdown ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Many countries have designated areas of natural beauty as national parks, aiming to preserve outstanding natural scenery and protect local ecosystems. Japan designated its own ...

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types of birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes. By Rachel Nuwer ...

It is not hard to see why people visit animal cafes in Japan. Animals are cute. Owl lovers want a close-up experience. Capybaras look so unbothered that you can imagine they’re enjoying the attention.

Ecologist Yuya Fukano had planned to do fieldwork in the summer of 2018, but when an unexpected record-breaking heatwave hit Japan, he was forced to find a research project he could carry out from ...

TOKYO -- An undercover investigation by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan has found inadequate management and 137 bacteria species at "wildlife cafes," where visitors can interact with rare ...

Living in a small neighborhood in the outskirts of Yokohama, called Tsurumi, was a surreal experience. Tsurumi was simultaneously more urban than Boston—what with its incredible public transportation ...

Starting July 1, anyone in Japan who wishes to register and sell a whole elephant tusk must first prove its age through carbon dating. According to Ministry of the Environment officials, the new ...

A Japanese news agency’s decision to withdraw a wildlife photo enhanced by artificial intelligence (AI) has reignited debate over the technology’s fast-spreading role in conservation, a field now ...