An Asian elephant calf excited visitors at a Tokyo zoo on Tuesday as he made his public debut as the first elephant born at the zoo since its opening in 1882. The baby elephant, whose parents were sent from Thailand as a gift to Japan, ...
Wild bear attacks in Japan reach highest number in five years
The pandemic has been cited as a reason for the creatures becoming bolder and getting closer to human settlements.
A male giant panda cub has been born at a zoo in Adventure World in Wakayama Prefecture, the leisure facility said. The panda is 20.5 centimeters long and weighs 157 grams, the facility in the town of Shirahama said Sunday. It is the 17th panda ...
Some 77,000 birds being raised at the farm in Kagawa Prefecture will be culled.
Wildlife diseases poised to spread northwards as climate changes
As the world’s climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected to suffer the most dramatic increases, warns a study published on Friday in the journal Science. The study projects increasing spread over the next five ...
Hokkaido city calls in ‘Monster Wolf' to scare off wild bears
A mechanical wolf with fake fur, bared fangs and flashing red eyes is keeping residents and crops safe in the face of increasing encounters with bears.
New Kim is worth her weight in gold and then some — actually much, much more. A wealthy Chinese pigeon racing fan put down a world record price of €1.6 million ($1.9 million) for the Belgian-bred bird, saying a lot more than merely what kind ...
Nara Park deer are moving to the park's wooded area for tree nuts and other food in line with the decline in the number of food-bearing visitors.
Another bird flu outbreak confirmed in Shikoku's Kagawa Prefecture
About 48,000 chickens being raised at the farm in the city of Higashikagawa will be culled.
Culling of 330,000 chickens begins in Kagawa after bird flu confirmed
The last bird flu outbreak in Japan, in January 2018, also occurred in Kagawa Prefecture, which is located on the island of Shikoku.
Five-eyed fossil shrimp could be 'missing link' in arthropod evolution
Discovery of a five-eyed shrimp-like creature that lived about 520 million years ago may end a long-running debate about the evolution of Earth's most common animals.
Japanese health officials find 164 dogs crammed into tiny house
Japanese health officials have found 164 emaciated dogs crammed into a tiny house in one of the country's worst cases of animal hoarding, an animal rights activist said Wednesday. The parasite-infested animals were found in a 30 square-meter (323 sq. foot) house in the city ...
