On Japan’s rabbit island, tourist feeding may be pushing wild boars to hunt rabbits
Tourists visit Japan’s famous rabbit island, Okunoshima, for photos and close-up animal encounters, but a new study suggests…
Japanese beetles swarm Italy’s vineyards, and this year’s grape harvest is at risk
Italy’s famed mountain vineyards are confronting a fast-expanding pest problem as swarms of Japanese beetles strip leaves, weaken…
Minnesota’s Japanese beetles aren’t gone, but a tiny parasitic fly may finally slow them
Minnesotans who haven’t spotted Japanese beetles yet this summer may think the destructive insects have finally disappeared. However,…
Japanese knotweed is spreading across Suffolk, and one hotspot now has 133 verified reports
Fresh data on Japanese knotweed points to a persistent problem across a U.K. region, the Bury Mercury reported.…
Japanese knotweed is choking Pennsylvania creekbanks, and even tiny pieces can regrow
A fast-spreading plant, Japanese knotweed, is overtaking parts of Pennsylvania, and stopping it has proved to be incredibly…
Wild boar rampage in Japan leaves 4 hospitalized after charging into factory
A wild boar crashing into a school-lunch factory before dawn may sound like the start of a thriller,…
Japanese family calls police after bear opens fridge, raids kitchen, and slips out
A family in northern Japan got a startling surprise this week when a bear wandered into their kitchen,…
Eastern US forests are losing tree seedlings to invasive Japanese stiltgrass
Photo Credit: Thai-d up with the Morgans A seemingly delicate grass with a silvery stripe is quietly reshaping…
Thai influencer rolls across protected alpine plants in Japan, and social media erupts
What was intended as a scenic hiking post instead drew widespread outrage online when it appeared to show…
Another suspected fatal bear attack in Japan comes as deaths spike and sightings top 50,000
Japan recorded more than 50,000 bear sightings nationwide in the most recent year counted, and officials are now…
Japan discovers its first new bird species since 1982, and it was hiding in a lookalike warbler’s DNA
Photo Credit: Per Alström, Uppsala University Scientists may have just identified a new bird species in Japan for…
Wandering bear forces 94 schools to close in Japanese city before drone-guided capture ends panic
A roaming bear in a Japanese city north of Tokyo forced public schools to close, led a university…