SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas ...

Hi there, I'm a zoo photographer, Mac So.I am currently working as a zoo photographer, mainly at Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo, ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido--Two white killer whales ... said there are two factors that can cause animals to appear pale or white rather than the normal coloration of their species. The first is albinism ...

But visitors and locals alike are dealing with an increasing number of unwelcome encounters with one type of animal. Drivers in Hokkaido need to be on the lookout for Ezo deer. The animals are ...

Find out the basis for such beliefs, along with what Hokkaido's Ainu have traditionally thought about the crane, the bear, the flying squirrel, and a host of other creatures. The excerpts below ...

Hokkaido originally had no wild monkeys, with the animals' natural habitat limited to the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture on the northern part of Honshu. The garden's macaques can enjoy ...

SAPPORO, Sept 19 – Face-to-face with a bear in Japan? Don’t panic, there is always a bear spray to chase it away... or not, ...