The building disposition order covers all structures of the North Safari Sapporo zoo and allows authorities to remove ...

A giant gorilla with brooding good looks and rippling muscles is causing a stir at a Japanese zoo, with women flocking ... a national celebrity, with Japan’s broadcasters NHK and NTV featuring ...

OSAKA -- At Osaka's Tennoji Zoo, it's not uncommon to see lions dozing on rocks with one of Japan's tallest skyscrapers looming in the background. The zoo, which opened on Jan. 1, 1915 ...

When Japan's Osaka Tennoji Zoo took in a hippo named Gen-chan seven years ago, they were told the young animal was a male. Recently, they took a DNA test and found out the mammal is actually a female.

The monkeys had "to be killed to protect the indigenous environment," an official told the Japan Times. The zoo held a memorial service for the monkeys at a nearby Buddhist temple to "appease ...

Statement by Samantha Smith, Leader of WWF’s Global Climate and Energy Initiative, reacting to media reports published today [1] (Friday 10 April) indicating Japan’s planned emissions reduction ...

The WWF's plan involves a different timetable – and drastic changes to how Japan meets its energy needs. NHK World spoke to one of the organization's energy analysts about the group's proposal.

WWF is extremely concerned that this year, Japan may finally achieve its goal to control the majority of votes in the International Whaling Commission, whose 56th Annual Meeting starts today. Sorrento ...

Mao is an African elephant at the Morioka Zoological Park ZOOMO in northern Japan, popular with visitors and known as the face of the zoo. But at 22, she is also on the verge of becoming too old ...

In the first reported instance in Japan, two lions died in January at the Adventure World zoo in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, after contracting the novel coronavirus, the zoo reported on March 9.

Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, is the northernmost zoo in Japan. The unpopular zoo welcomes a new zoo keeper, young Yoshida (Yasuhi Nakamura), who has more affection for insects than people after ...

The zoo received comments from all over Japan. Some said they intended to visit Australia to see the animal, but then changed their plans to visit the Saitama zoo instead. “It is adorable ...