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 ...

A tiny six-eyed blue springtail, Paranura species, surprises Japanese scientists and reveals four new species hidden in dead ...

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 ...

Beloved to '90s kids everywhere, "The Adventures of Milo and Otis" is a 1986 Japanese film about a pug (Otis) as he follows an orange tabby cat (Milo) through a series of perilous obstacles. It was a ...

Animated shows with animal characters -- specifically the Japanese anime Kemono Friends -- can increase public interest in real wildlife, including boosting donations to conservation programs at zoos.

Ecologist Yuya Fukano had planned to do fieldwork in the summer of 2018, but when an unexpected record-breaking heatwave hit Japan, he was forced to find a research project he could carry out from ...

A Japanese researcher has been granted permission by his government to conduct studies on chimeras, which are hybrid embryos ...