Valuable eels are in decline all over the world, leading to a new push for restrictions on trade to try to help stave off ...

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

This video highlights three Japanese species that have begun pushing back against invasive animals threatening their ...

A gelatinous mass with bluish reflections, on the sand of a beach in Miyagi Prefecture (Japan): this is what caught the ...

Japanese researchers have described a new species of sea anemone that appears to share a mutually beneficial relationship with hermit crabs. The pale pink sea anemones, now named Paracalliactis ...

An expedition records 29,556 animals in the abyssal trenches and reveals how they survive the pressure and total darkness.

A change discovery on the northeastern coast of Japan has resulted in the classification of a brand new species.

Residents in the northern region of Akita are living in fear after dozens of assaults on humans. Riot police and the army ...

A student-led research group from Tohoku University has discovered a new species of the venomous Physalia (commonly known as Portuguese man-of-war) that has never been seen before in northeast Japan.

The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan released a wildlife alert on Nov. 12, warning Americans visiting northern Japan to ...

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

A lot of thought goes into picking baby names in Japan. Not only do parents have to pick how the name will sound, but also how it’ll be written, since the Japanese language’s system of kanji ...