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 ...

In three days, the animal killed seven people, including children and a pregnant woman. This tragedy helped fuel the fear of bears in Japan’s collective ... are buying wolf-shaped howling ...