The Amami rabbit is a relict endemic species — it was more widespread but is now confined to a particular region — ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

A team of Japanese researchers has found that a rabbit species native to remote islands in southwestern Japan grow at a ...

Some creatures have remained unchanged for millions of years, surviving drastic climate shifts and evolution. Meet 10 living fossils that still roam the Earth today.

The answer, for now, is the Amami black rabbit, an adorable species only lives on the Amami Oshima and Tokunoshima Islands. Sometimes described as a living fossil, the short-eared animal is a living ...