Osaka Prefectural Police gave a grey parrot they received as a lost item to an animal protection group leader, unaware that ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

Unique creatures, odd animals and new species are discovered across the planet. Some are found lurking in remote corners of ...

A team of Japanese researchers has found that a rabbit species native to remote islands in southwestern Japan grow at a ...

Three species of abalone found in waters ... the Washington Convention and in other forums. After the Japanese eel was given endangered listing in 2014, four nations and regions, including ...

Xystodesmus fasciatus, with up to 19 segments, was discovered in a Japanese cedar forest on the Satsuma peninsula and is named for its “vividly banded” body made up of alternating “pale-greyish” and ...

especially if the animals are endangered in the wild. So zoos are taking up a new challenge: artificial insemination. After years of preparation, Japan's first such attempt on an elephant was ...

The Environment Ministry on Tuesday released an updated version of its red list for endangered plants and fungi, which now includes a total of 2,063 species, down by 207 from its previous version.