SAPPORO -- A single photograph of a Yezo sika deer taken in north Japan has captured global attention. The shot, taken by a ...

Researchers witnessed adolescent female Japanese macaques mounting sika deer in ways that were "sexual in nature." They have several theories for... Adolescent female monkeys in Japan have repeatedly ...

For centuries, animals have been worshipped by cultures around the world. Some, such as deer, are even considered sacred in religions like Shinto. The stories passed down through generations about ...

In 2014 reports of an Antarctic fur seal coercing king penguins into sexual relations made headlines worldwide, as it was the first time that such behavior between unrelated species was documented.

Trumpeting banshee bugles across Maryland’s Eastern Shore are diminutive ungulates known as Sika Deer. Native to southern Japan and resembling tiny elk, Sika were imported here in the early 1900s for ...

In a recent study published in PLoS ONE, researchers investigated the impact of the anthropause, or stagnation, in human activity due to a decrease in tourist visits to Nara Park, central Japan, ...