Our readers have been traveling far and wide — trekking through the Amazon, cycling Oregon bike trails, exploring Old Montreal — and sharing their travel adventures with us via photos, stories and ...

An undercover investigation by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan has found inadequate management and 137 bacteria ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Many countries have designated areas of natural beauty as national parks, aiming to preserve outstanding natural scenery and protect local ecosystems. Japan designated its own ...

The discovery in a polluted, touristy river is a shining example of wildlife’s resilience—but also raises concerns about their survival. The Dotonbori River runs through Osaka’s tourism center. Lined ...

A University of Georgia study found that animal life is thriving in Fukushima, Japan, the site of a nuclear accident in 2011, according to a UGA Today news release. Throughout the “camera study,” ...

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, triggering a deadly tsunami that, in addition to killing over 15,000 people, forced more than 100,000 to evacuate their homes due to a meltdown ...

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 ...

International wildlife photographer Philippe Ricordel will bring his educational show ‘Wildlife on Ice: From Japan to ...

Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Fall 2017), pp. 217-230 (14 pages) Human—wildlife interfaces are often sites of friction and conflict in the form of crop and livestock depredations that ...

A town in northern Japan has recently been plagued by a plethora of wild bears, roaming around neighborhoods and petrifying residents. In an attempt to prevent attacks, the town of Takikawa has now ...