Two different groups of macaques have been spotted in Japan mounting sika deer. The behavior could be part of a shared “culture” between the animals.

Japan Post will not deliver live reptiles starting from April on animal welfare grounds, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The 53-year-old woman who received the genetically modified animal organ is the ideal recipient to push science forward.

(Kyodo) HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- A man was arrested for allegedly kicking a rabbit on an island in western Japan, police said Wednesday, amid a spate of violence against the animals that has led to 77 ...

A man was arrested for kicking a rabbit on an island in western Japan, police said Wednesday, amid a spate of violence against the animals that has led to 77 deaths. Riku Hotta, 25, is suspected of ...

Staff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed because it was lonely.

Volunteers asking for help in catching animals responsible for eating koi out of the Penticton Japanese Garden pond ...

The Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey, is one of Japan’s most iconic wildlife species. These primates are ...

Fish have feelings too – at least if a lonesome sunfish in a Japanese aquarium is anything to go by. Animal caretakers at the Kaikyokan in the southern city of Shimonoseki were concerned when ...

Recently, something quite unusual happened at Japan's Kaikyokan Aquarium when one of its sunfish began acting up and the ...

A new study out of Kyoto University in Japan finds that this particular bodily function is contagious among chimpanzees.