KYOTO—Worshippers can take a ride on a giant ... The surface of the white snake, a sacred animal, is covered by white paper used for “shoji” sliding doors. Visitors can write their wishes ...

A sweet-toothed wild crow stole an ice cream cone from a tourist in Japan. Footage shows the blackbird descending onto Shiela Santos' head to snatch her vanilla-flavoured treat while she posed amid ...

"We feel sorry because we cry," wrote philosopher and psychologist William James, "angry because we strike, afraid because we ...

While observing a group of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), something caught the attention of Ena Onishi, who also studies animal behavior at Kyoto University. “I noticed a tendency for ...

But children will particularly love seeing and interacting with these beautiful animals up close. Kyoto’s famous Golden Pavilion, Kinkaku-ji. After spending some time in Arashiyama, head to ...

an associate professor of primatology at Kyoto University, told Salon that this finding is significant because it is the first to ever study contagious urination in any animal, including humans.