A bird flu virus that had infected pet chickens in southern Japan has been confirmed as the same deadly strain that has ravaged other parts of Asia, a researcher at a government research center said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan culled over 17 million chickens this season amid its worst bird flu outbreak ever, per NHK. Local governments and farmers ...

Diplomatic ties between Japan and China are often tense, but in a sign of a recent thaw the Asian neighbors could cooperate to save an endangered species of bird. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

For decades, researchers looked right at the Tokara Leaf Warbler and had no idea it was a separate species. It looked identical to another bird. It lived on islands hundreds of miles apart. But nobody ...

The Tokara leaf warbler lives on a small group of volcanic islands called the Tokara Islands. These islands lie between Japan’s main islands and Okinawa in the East China Sea. They are tiny; many are ...

Researchers from Japan highlight the untapped potential of Japan’s extensive bird banding data, emphasizing its underutilization in ornithology. By applying advanced statistical methods to this "big ...

An outbreak of bird flu has been reported on a quail farm in central Japan but no animals have died and no humans have been infected, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The H7 viral strain was ...

Ibises have returned to Japan for the first time since 1981 after researchers released 10 of the endangered birds Thursday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...