A video of Nara deer in Japan bowing back to a woman has gone viral, captivating viewers worldwide. The video, shared by content creator Divya, shows deer mimicking her traditional Japanese bow.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. Japan's science ministry last week gave ...

a researcher at the Japan Animal Welfare Society. Breeding agents and pet stores are required by law to regularly report to local authorities about the number of dogs and cats they bred ...

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