What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition ...

This belief is rooted in Shinto, Japan’s indigenous religion, which holds nature and animals as spiritually significant.

Scientists in Japan have found a way to create solar-powered tissues, which may lead to breakthroughs in growing organs and ...

In other cases, animals can appear to have simply disappeared — unless you know where to look. In 1956, researchers discovered a new species of marine worm that lives in coral burrows off the southern ...

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

Digging further, she was able to piece together clear evidence showing M831 to be one of the two animals. She had been right; the yamainu was a Japanese wolf. Even with the published article ...

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 ...

According to veterinarian Akiko Fukushima of the Japan Animal Medical Center in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, while there is variation by breed, age and other factors, dogs grow rapidly in their first few ...