Numerous cases have been reported globally of imported rare animals being kept as exotic pets. Japan is seen as a particularly large market, but the realities of illegal trade remain unclear.

The white-tailed eagle is a nationally designated Natural Monument and categorized as a rare species under Japan's endangered ...

Japanese researchers recently discovered four critically endangered salamander species while searching for a different ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Asiatic wild elephant is one of the rare animals found in Bandipur National Park. It is one of the few remaining refuges for this endangered species ...

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 ...