In a quiet freshwater pond in Ibaraki Prefecture near Tokyo, researchers have pulled from the water a microscopic giant that ...

Scientists in Japan have discovered a previously unknown giant virus, offering new insight into this enigmatic category of ...

Two giant pandas born and raised in a Tokyo zoo have arrived at a conservation and research center in China's Sichuan Province. The 4-year-old twins were the last remaining pandas in Japan.

TOKYO - The last remaining two giant pandas in Japan on Tuesday left Tokyo's Ueno zoo for their return to China, marking the ...

SHIRAHAMA, Japan — Thousands of fans bid a teary farewell Friday to a family of four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan’s coastal town of Shirahama as the animals made their last public appearance before ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --Twin giant pandas will leave a Japanese zoo in late January to go home to China, leaving Japan pandaless. Xiao Xiao and his sister Lei Lei have been at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo since ...

Twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, born and raised at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Japan, safely arrived at Chengdu Tianfu International Airport early Wednesday morning and were subsequently transferred ...

The beloved giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei born in Japan returned to China on January 28, marking the first time that ...