A fossilized tooth of a cartilaginous fish found in Japan's northernmost prefecture Hokkaido in 2013 is of a newly discovered ...

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 ...

The migration of animals throughout history is amply illustrated by the arrival of a subspecies of deer native to Hokkaido in Kunashiri Island, part of the Northern Territories that were seized ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan on Friday enacted a revised law to allow municipalities to authorize "emergency shootings" by hunters ...

A pair of wayward deer forced the operator of Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport to close both runways for almost an hour. The trespassing animals were eventually driven off the grounds.

Drone footage shows a group of at least 10 orcas about half a mile (0.8km) from the shores of Rausu, in Hokkaido. The animals looked closely packed together and appear to be sticking their heads ...