It's a debate that goes to the heart of how coastal communities will respond to rising seas and more intense storms due to climate change. Hard coastal protection measures like concrete seawalls ...

Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi). The Amami rabbit is a relict endemic species — it was more widespread but is now confined to a particular region — that migrated from the continent about 5 million ...

Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists wish to ...

Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu long-furred rat. These animals are hard to observe, but conservationists ...

Dark-furred and primitive, the Amami rabbit lives on two Japanese islands. Endangered to the point where only 5,000 now exist, its ears are short, its claws long, and it inhabits forests.

The mongooses, who reproduced rapidly, had little interest in snakes and instead preyed upon Amami rabbits, resulting in massive declines. There’s good news: A 30-year campaign to eradicate the ...

The rabbits only live on Amami Oshima and one other island and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list.

The rabbits only live on Amami Oshima and one other island and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature red list. The mongoose population had exploded to about 10 ...

The rabbits only live on Amami Oshima and one other island and are listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list. Photo for representational purposes.