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¡®Cruel, wasteful¡¯: Senegal port a hot spot for illegal shark fins
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
¡®Cruel, wasteful¡¯: Senegal port a hot spot for illegal shark fins
Finning, the practice of removing fins and casting the rest of the shark overboard, often alive, is largely prohibited across a variety of regulatory zones and countries.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Cambodia wants to bring back tigers, but should it?
The plan would see India send several of its more than 3,600 tigers to southwestern Cambodia¡¯s Cardamom Mountains, a protected expanse of lush rainforest.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Japan deploys bear cameras in mountains as attacks surge
Bears have killed at least five people since April 1, all in the northern region of Tohoku.
Bears killed 18 people and seriously injured more than 200 in Romania and Slovakia over the past five years.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jun 23, 2026
EU nations want reduced protection for bears
Bears killed 18 people and seriously injured more than 200 in the two countries over the past five years.
A recent study by Ryota Hayashi sheds new light on brown boobies' tendencies to follow non-fishing vessels near Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife / OUR PLANET
Jun 21, 2026
Citizen science in Japan¡¯s Ogasawara Islands spotlights ties between ships and birds
By Richard Pallardy
A recent study has shed new light on seabirds¡¯ tendencies to follow ships near the island chain and highlights the role wildlife enthusiasts can play in research.
A silver-cheeked puffer fish, caught by a fisher at the port of Ierapetra, on the island of Crete, on June 2
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Jun 17, 2026
Greek fishers struggle to keep up with puffer fish invaders
By Will VASSILOPOULOS
The warm-water invasive species, first spotted in Greek waters some 20 years ago, is wreaking havoc with Greece¡¯s fishing industry.
Honeybees crawl on the rack of a beehive in Baker, West Virginia, on May 9.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
May 25, 2026
As bee population collapses, U.S. apiarists fear research cuts
By Paul BLAKE
America¡¯s beekeepers are losing colonies at record rates, and many fear the shutdown of a key USDA bee lab will make the crisis even harder to contain.
Monster Wolf, a wolf-like robot, next to a rice field in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, in August 2017.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
May 13, 2026
¡®Robot wolves¡¯ in high demand to scare off bears in Japan
Monster Wolf is an animatronic scarecrow with flashing red eyes that howls and growls menacingly to scare away wild animals.
There are more than 3,500 types of mosquitoes buzzing around the world, but only around 100 bite humans.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
May 13, 2026
Mosquitoes: bloodsuckers and flower lovers
By Laurent Thomet
The role that mosquitoes play in flower reproduction is far less studied than that of bees or butterflies.
The nature guides and conservationists at Picchio Karuizawa focus on nonviolent interventions like collaring and tracking bears to keep the animals away from human settlements and oft-used hiking routes.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
May 9, 2026
Rising bear encounters test Japan¡¯s approach to wildlife management
By Justin Randall
Government officials and nature guides say more countermeasures can reduce harm caused by rogue bears.

Gut bacteria may be behind many of Japan¡¯s colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Japan¡¯s changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Japan¡¯s language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Japan¡¯s earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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