A "monster wolf" robot with flashing red eyes and fangs bared is seen ready to threaten off bears in a residential part of the city of Takikawa in Hokkaido. (Mainichi/Hiroto Watanabe) TAKIKAWA, ...

The wild bears were becoming more than a nuisance, lumbering into a small city on the northern island of Hokkaido in search of food and increasing the risk of deadly encounters with humans. As bear ...

HOKKAIDO: Japanese scientists have created “Monster Wolf,” a robotic scarecrow to deter wild bears around the town of Takikawa, on the island of Hokkaido. National television broadcaster NHK has ...

Whether they recognize the roar as a lion's or not, I'm sure they realize that it is that of a predator''s. As for how they get the wolf urine...well that just baffles me. Do they milk them like cows ...

After bears kept venturing into the city in search of food, officials installed mechanical wolves with bared teeth, glowing red eyes and a fearsome screech to keep the animals away. By Elaine Yu and ...