List of articles on endangered species
Ryukoku University confirms evidence that endangered dugongs live in Okinawa
Ryukoku University Research Center has found evidence that the dugong, a marine mammal thought to have become locally extinct since 2019, still lives on the Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
International trade of endangered American eel increases, Chuo University investigates
A research group led by Chuo University researcher Hiromi Shiraishi has discovered that the importation of juvenile American eels to East Asia for the purpose of aquaculture is rapidly increasing, leading to extinction […]
Lighting on the waterside interferes with feeding of eels immediately after sunset, discovered by Kyushu University
Japanese eels tend not to actively seek food immediately after sunset in places where artificial lighting is installed near water such as rivers and agricultural irrigation canals […]
Exotic animal cafes heating up in Japan Species conservation, infectious diseases, animal welfare risks
Exotic Animal Café (EAC) is different from common domesticated animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, and hamsters […]
Iwate University and Animal Breeding Research Institute Develop Technology to Instantly Create Pregnancy Environment for Animals Using Sound Vibration
A research group consisting of Associate Professor Takehito Kaneko of Iwate University and the Animal Breeding Research Institute instantly created a pregnancy environment for mice, research animals, using sonic vibration […]
World's first iPS cells established from domestic endangered birds such as Yanbaru rail
A group centered on the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Iwate University, the Institute of Raptor Medicine, NPO Animal Hospital Okinawa, and Gifu University has independently developed […]
Miyako Kana Snake was familiar until the 70s, and a paper by Miyako High School Science Department was published in an academic journal.
The research results of Miyako Kana Snake (2019) by the Faculty of Science of Okinawa Prefectural Miyako High School were accepted and published in the journal of the Okinawa Biology Society (No. 60) […]
Demonstration of "Forest is a lover of the sea" Many endangered species inhabit the estuary of rivers with many forests in the basin
The research group of Professor Emeritus Hiroshi Yamashita (currently a specially appointed professor) of the Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University is the Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University […]
Yamanashi University develops technology to store freeze-dried sperm on a sheet, which allows sperm to be sent by postcard
A research group led by Professor Teruhiko Wakayama, a graduate student at the University of Yamanashi Graduate School, sandwiched freeze-dried mouse sperm in a thin plastic sheet […].
The size of salamanders has increased due to global warming, and the number of eggs has increased by 3%. Tokyo Metropolitan University analyzes in a long-term survey
Tokyo Metropolitan University […] that the body length of the endangered Tokyo salamander has increased by up to 40% in the past 2 years due to the effects of global warming.
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