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 ...

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

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 ...

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

OSAKA -- Just like their human owners, pets are living longer, with an average lifespan for dogs in Japan up by 0.75 years since 2010 according to a national 2023 survey by the Japan Pet Food ...