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A Manx shearwater flies around Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, Britain, in this handout image released on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 2, 2026
Long-distance flights can interfere with the internal clocks of seabirds
A new study shows that birds that fly long distances may experience a phenomenon similar to human jet lag that causes them to drift off course.
An East Japan Railway worker alongside one of two goats that the railway company has deployed to an area near Tokyo's Yotsuya Station in order to trim excess growth
JAPAN / Society
Oct 30, 2026
JR East’s new four-legged landscapers are proving to be a hit
A pair of young goats are part of a new environmentally friendly initiative to tackle overgrowth near Tokyo’s Yotsuya Station.
The Indian star tortoises found in a suitcase in May
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2026
Three arrested over smuggling endangered tortoises from Thailand
The three are suspected of conspiring to bring three Indian star tortoises and 13 crayfish into Japan at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport.
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / OUR PLANET
Oct 25, 2026
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Utsunomiya’s dramatic three-day ordeal with an at-large bear could be a mere sign of what’s to come for Japanese cities.
A horse pulls a carriage through Central Park in New York City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2026
New York bans horse-drawn carriages after decadelong battle
New York’s City Council voted 40 to 7 to pass the bill Thursday, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign.
Giant pandas Shin Shin and her cub Xiang Xiang are displayed at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo in December 2017. China profits from panda diplomacy, charging zoos steep fees while retaining ownership of the bears and their cubs.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 20, 2026
China’s panda diplomacy is losing its charm
Perhaps the true message of this “panda diplomacy” lies in the manipulation and exploitation it embodies.
A sperm whale fossil discovered in the city of Tomioka in Gunma Prefecture in 1994. It has been identified as a new whale species.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 19, 2026
New species of sperm whale identified from fossils found in Gunma
The species combines traits of ancient and modern sperm whales, and is the third new sperm whale species identified from fossils in Japan.
The venue for the COP17 event in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Thursday
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 19, 2026
World faces nature reality check at U.N. biodiversity conference
Scientists say many of the broader goals needed to halt biodiversity loss remain well off track.
A sign warning of bears on a hiking trail in Russia's Lake Baikal national park in the Irkutsk region on Oct. 9.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 19, 2026
‘We’ve never had this’: Bear sightings spook Russia
At least 26 people have been killed in bear attacks this year, seven of which were in Siberia’s Krasnodar region, according to Russian state media.
Bubbles and Arnold, two koalas that arrived from Australia in July, are shown to visitors at Saitama Children's Zoo in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, on Aug. 22.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2026
Two koalas debut at Saitama zoo, marking first arrivals from Australia in a decade
Bringing in koalas from overseas is considered important for maintaining genetic diversity among koalas in Japan.
A rendering of the dodo, extinct flightless bird, in this handout image released on Wednesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 15, 2026
U.S. company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo
Colossal Biosciences plans to perform gene-editing to bring dodo traits into the cells of its closest living relative, the Nicobar pigeon.
Villagers gather around the body of a wild elephant that died after eating an explosive device locally known as "Hakka Patas" in Ambanpola, Sri Lanka, in July 2025.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 15, 2026
In Sri Lanka, human-elephant conflict takes deadly toll
An average of 138 people have been killed in encounters with the animals each year in Sri Lanka since 2019
A newborn green turtle crawls across a sandy beach towards the sea after being released from a wildlife protected area on Mataking Island in Malaysia's Sabah region on Sept. 25. Green turtles have made the rare jump from endangered to "least concern," a remarkable conservation success at a time when many species are declining globally.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 14, 2026
Green turtles buck trend of species decline, offering hope for conservationists
Populations of the species have become more stable thanks to decades of efforts including egg relocation, marine protection and trade bans.
A rescuer and a veterinarian with the YIRARI wildlife foundation carry a rescued orangutan in an area of a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires, in the village of Laman Satong village, in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province, on Sept. 30.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2026
Indonesia releases eight orangutans rescued from fires to protected forest
Indonesian authorities and YIARI rescued 46 orangutans from threats of fires between August and Friday.
Rescuers evacuating a mother orangutan and her baby trapped by smoke from forest and land fires in a palm oil plantation area in Pelang village, Ketapang, West Kalimantan, on Sept. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 9, 2026
Walking through flames: Orangutan rescued in Indonesia fires
Dozens of orangutan have been rescued from wildfires burning across parts of Sumatra and Borneo in recent months.
In its latest Living Planet Report, the World Wide Fund for Nature said that the populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 8, 2026
Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says
The 2026 Living Planet Report estimates that overall populations fell by an average of around 2.5% per year over the 52-year period.
The volcanic island of Zavodovski in the South Sandwich Islands lost more than 680,000 — or two-thirds — of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 8, 2026
Climate change strips island of title as largest penguin colony, study shows
The volcanic island of Zavodovski lost more than 680,000 of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
Jonathan, a giant tortoise believed to be the world's oldest known living land animal, stands in front of Plantation House, in St. Paul on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2026
A 194-year-old tortoise, world’s oldest land animal, may hold clues to longer life
Jonathan the giant tortoise may owe his longevity to genetic traits and an ability to keep key cellular systems functioning in a more youthful way.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries President Yasuhiko Hashimoto poses with a prototype of the company’s dog-like robot, Home Leo, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2026
Kawasaki Heavy unveils dog-shaped robot companion for older people
The robot stays close to those it lives with, offers companionship through conversation, watches over them and assists with their daily lives.
Kaori Kusakari lives with her cat, Purin, at Sakura no Sato Yamashina nursing care home in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2026
Older people find ways to keep living with pets
A nursing home in Kanagawa Prefecture is welcoming pets to stay in its facility along with their owners.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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