The event was held to coincide with a special exhibition about the city and the animals that used to inhabit the area. The last known sighting of a Japanese wolf, one kept in captivity in Nara ...

Confirmation of the sixth Japanese wolf specimen was possible only because the animal was preserved for a century. “This research project reaffirms the importance of treating any specimen with ...

The last verified Japanese wolf was killed in 1905 in Nara Prefecture, and since then, the animal has lived on only through a ...

The hunter feels forced to lie to the 12 deities of the mountain. At the foot of the forests of Minakami, in Japan’s central ...

Its manufacturers say the robot wolf uses solar-rechargeable batteries and has a range of howl noises so that animal threats don't get used to it. The Japan Agricultural Cooperatives say that crop ...

Originally designed to keep wild animals away from farms, authorities now use this mechanical wolf to stop bears from ... The number of bear attacks in Japan has been rising at an alarming rate ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- The "Monster Wolf," a robot developed at a small factory in Naie on Japan's northernmost main island, Hokkaido, is raising hopes -- and drawing a few double-takes -- in farming ...