For centuries, animals have been worshipped by cultures around the world. Some, such as deer, are even considered sacred in ...

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.

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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

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, ...

A research group led by Professor Wei Li from the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Japan, in collaboration with Dalian Medical University, China, and ...

Protecting sacred messengers once resulted in the death penalty under the Nara prefecture law. Shinto legends claim the original Sika deer once descended with Takemikazuchi bearing a white coat.