The Environment Ministry on Tuesday released an updated version of its red list for endangered plants and fungi, which now includes a total of 2,063 species, down by 207 from its previous version.

Environmental regulation authorities have seized 121 turtles and 16 frogs, including a number of endangered species, following a search of two bags at Mexico City airport that were checked in for a ...

Three species of abalone found in waters around Japan ... sale of wild animals and plants under the Washington Convention and in other forums. After the Japanese eel was given endangered listing ...

As the end of July approaches, eels are everywhere in Japan. Their photos slither on ... leading to the Japanese eel's designation as an endangered species in 2014 by the International Union ...

TOKYO - An endangered rat that is also a natural monument of Japan will be on public display at Inokashira Park Zoo in Musashino, Tokyo, from March 18. The Amami spiny rat, or Amami togenezumi in ...

The animals grow up to 9 feet long ... inhabiting the waters east of Okinawa, are critically endangered. Overhunting and a fragile habitat have taken a toll: The Mammalogical Society of Japan ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — A critically endangered new species of killifish sampled from an ancient forest in Kenya in 2017 and 2018 has now been described. Nothobranchius sylvaticus, from the Latin ...