A student-led research group from Tohoku University has discovered a new species of the venomous Physalia (commonly known as ...

Visiting a cat cafe in Japan is a bucket list item for many tourists, but the animal cruelty that goes on behind closed doors ...

Animals were harmed and/or killed in the making of the 1986 Japanese film, "The Adventures of Milo and Otis." As one of the first and only films to use an entirely live cast of animals (no animation ...

Critically endangered species and ones banned from international trade are among the hundreds of types of birds, reptiles and mammals that researchers identified at 142 animal cafes. By Rachel Nuwer ...

Earth is full of bizarre creatures, with more being discovered each year. As documented in the scientific journal Species ...

What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition exploring this historical relationship through ukiyo-e (traditional ...