Animals at a zoo in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, have been given heaters and baths as early winter temperatures decline.

Decades ago, Shigeyuki Yamato scanned the shallow coastal waters of southeastern Japan and saw something stand out from the ...

In a discovery that may reshape our understanding of Japan’s extinct wildlife, 13-year-old Hinako Komori has brought a ...

As record temperatures are recorded across Japan, zoos are taking measures to prevent heatstroke for their animals. At the Edogawa Ward Natural Zoo on July 29, the backs of three giant anteaters ...

A hermit crab trundles across a beach in Japan's Okinawa, carrying its home on its back: not a shell, but a disintegrating ...

In Japan, regional revitalization has emerged as a cornerstone of solutions to issues such as population decline, achieving ...

Cats are quicker than babies to associate a picture of a word with its corresponding picture, new research shows.

Japan has voluntarily suspended its exports of Wagyu beef to a range of countries including Australia, following the first ...

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, the show travels from the frozen north to scorching deserts, visiting the highest ...

A monkey without a left hand is thought to have moved southward in the greater Tokyo area to Kanagawa Prefecture, and local ...

The new plush characters include Sasha, Goldie and Stitches, and each one varies in size. Sasha is 24cm, Goldie is 23cm and ...

Energy-making chloroplasts from algae have been inserted into hamster cells, enabling the cells to photosynthesize light, ...