National May 1, 2016

Third chick born to wild ibis pair confirmed as sibling of second bird seen earlier

The Environment Ministry said it has found a third crested ibis chick hatched in the wild on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, a sibling to a second chick first spotted two days prior. The chicks' parents were both born in the wild on the island in ...

National Aug 20, 2013

Ibis reintroduction program sees fledging success

by Junji Ueda

Kei Osada, 41, is the man behind the recent success of a government effort to reintroduce the crested ibis as part of a captive breeding program for the species that once became extinct in the wild in Japan. In the three years since he took ...