But even though it is protected by Japanese law, the giant salamander’s days may be numbered--experts say the damming of many Japanese rivers has destroyed the rocky caverns and burrows where ...

MANIWA, Okayama — Japanese giant salamanders, despite being designated ... And so they decided to create a recipe to answer that question. Through interviews with local elderly people who ...

Washington (CNN)-- The Japanese giant salamander may hold the key to solving an extinction threat in the amphibian community, and researchers at the National Zoo in Washington are hoping a gift of ...

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of international visitors traveled thousands of kilometers each year to Nichinan, Tottori Prefecture, to see an ancient creature found only in the rivers of ...

Japan Salamander Center The oldest about 60 years old Japanese giant salamander swims relaxedly --YouTube Going further back, there are smaller aquariums on the left and right of the aisle. Young ...

This week, the National Zoo once again welcomed several new habitants. Four Japanese giant salamanders have arrived as a gift from the City of Hiroshima Asa Zoological Park, and join the lone ...

The Japanese giant salamander is a rare species found in a few regions across the country. 00:23 Working to protect it is this man living in Tottori Prefecture: ...

The former Rainforest Immersion Gallery has been transformed into a 1,850-square-foot space for the zoo's Japanese giant salamanders, a habitat twice the size of their past habitat, according to a ...