Japanese photographer Noriyuki Hayakawa captured a rare albino orca off Hokkaido, Japan, expressing immense excitement over ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

The population of Reeves's muntjac, an invasive species of small deer native to China and Taiwan, is believed to have ...

Compared with her own experiences with nicks and cuts, the baboons’ ability to heal seemed like a superpower.

Three species of abalone found in waters around Japan are now on the Red List of threatened plants and animals issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ...

A threatened woodpecker species has been identified from a 2021 photograph in what marks the first sighting on Japan's main ...