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Alexis is an Ocean Detective Agent. One day, Jake, a fisherman, visited her with a fine tuna with several circular shallow holes. Alexis starts her investigation to find out what has happened to the tuna. She asks her friend Hector the dolphin. Surprisingly, Hector says that he has the same experience that something has made a nasty bite and left a hole on his body just like the one on the tuna. It seems the mysterious creature is hiding somewhere close in the sea. What kind of creature is responsible for those nasty bites? Alexis goes to the ocean to find out. What will she encounter and can she solve this mystery?

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Wild Kingdom

Wild Kingdom

Lion, Zebra, Warthog, African Buffalo, Great White Shark, Fur Seal, Polar bear, Walrus, Philippine Tarsier, Hyena, Shrew, Bear, Chimpanzee, Sperm Whale, Colossal squid, Elk, Grey wolf, Baboon, Jaguar, capybara, Coati, beaver, and more.

 
 
North American Wildlife

North American Wildlife

American Alligator, Groundhog, Smalltooth sawfish, Wyoming toad, Everglades Snail Kites, Jaguarundi

 
 
Endangered Species

Endangered Species

Big cants, Rhinoceroses, Primates, Bats, Parrots, and more to come.

 
 
Counting on the Population of Wildlife

Counting on the Population of Wildlife

To protect certain species, we need to know the population trend to determine whether a population in the area is decreasing, increasing or stable. It is also important to know the impact of human activities during the survey.

 
 
Animal Emotion and Senses

Animal Emotion and Senses

Both humans and other great apes have spindle cells that are found in their brains and work for processing emotions and balancing social interaction. Recently spindle cells are also discovered in the brain of the other large animals such as humpback whales, killer whales, sperm whales and both African and Asian elephants. No wonder why those animals have complex communication skills and social structures.

 
 
We are Surrounded by the Ocean

We Are Surrounded by the Ocean

The ocean has vast space, depth, and complicated structure. That is very rich, delicate and fragile environments to contain abundant lives.

 
 
Food Web in the Sphere

Food Web in the Sphere

The excrement of animals tells us about what they eat and don’t digest.

 
 
Polar Bear In Captivity

Polar Bear In Captivity

Some animals are not suitable to keep in captivity, such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. Even small animals like penguins are very difficult to provide appropriate environment for them. Among the most difficult species to keep in captivity is polar bear.

 
 
Story of Mountain

Story of Soil

It takes considerable time for fertile soil to cover the surface of mountain. Many ingredients and some other factors are also required.

 
 
Mudflats

Mudflats are Not useless

The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the protection and conservation of wetlands. The convention became effective in 1975. People finally realize the importance of wetlands. However mudflats need more people to preserve their environment.

 
 
Mangrove

Mangrove Kingdom

Mangrove forests are found in coast of the tropics and subtropics regions. In mangrove forest there are several species of trees which are able to tolerate salt water and tidal condition. Only mangroves, approximately 110 species, are able to adapt to this environment.

 
 
Whisker Touch

Whisker Touch

Whiskers are alternative sensor of hands and eyes for some animals. They move their whiskers very rapidly to detect and discriminate object texture, shape, and location.

 
 
The story of Pooh

Pooh

Animals eat food and digest it, absorb its nutrients, then eject residues as feces. Feces are not waste. Let's take a look at the pooh left behind by animals.

 
 
Termite

Termite Cathedral

Some Termites could have eaten dinosaur-bone during the Jurassic period, since the their bite mark found on the fossil. Some termites build a high mound of which form is like a cathedral and cultivate fungi in it.

 
 
Ladybird/Ladybug

The Season of Ladybird/Ladybug

When spring comes, you may notice many ladybirds and ladybugs in your garden, forest, parks, and everywhare. Do you know where they come from? Let's find out!

 
 
Monkeys

Monkeys

All primates have five fingers with keratin nails and eyes that situated on the front of face. So they are able to hold things firmly and measure distance accurately. Primates are composed of two large groups Strepsirrhini and Haplorhini.

 
 
Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

The Monarch butterflies are famous for their migration. In late march the population east of the Rocky Mountains starts north bound trip from Mexico and they reach to Canada in Summer. In fall, they start migration south bound to Mexico.

 
 
Humpback Whale

Humpback Whale

Humpback whaele is very popular among whale watchers. The whale takes the longest trip among all the kinds of whales.

 
 
Kushiro Wetland

Kushiro Wetland

Wetlands give us plenty of benefit; first thick layer of mud has the filter function to clean dirty water, second wetlands reserve large amount of water and prevent flood. They also moderate the climate of the region nearby. The minerals in wetlands go into the sea and form rich fishery grounds as well. Finally since they are composed of complex natural environments, they are home for many rare species of animals.

 
 
Red-crowned Crane

Red-crowned Crane

Red-crowned Cranes were hunted for meat during the Meiji era (1868-1912), then the population continued decreasing because of habitat loss during the Taisho era (1912-1926), at that time only 12 cranes were left in the wild. Suddenly 33 birds were found in 1952 and local people had started feeding them during the winter. Since then both the local people and the government have been protecting the cranes and eventually the population comes back to 1300.

 
 
Blakiston's Fish Owl

Blakiston's Fish Owl

Blakiston’s Fish Owl is one of the largest owls in the world; their wing span reaches about 6.3ft (180cm). They are found in northeastern China, Korea, Sakhalin in Russia and central east of Hokkaido in Japan. Although only few live in Kushiro shitugen, main population concentrates in Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido. In Japan Blakiston’s Fish Owls are critically endangered species, only about 140 of them are left in the wild.

 
 
Eagles in Hokkaido

Eagle in Hokkaido

Steller’s Sea Eagles overwinter, approximately 1400 to 1700 birds, in central and east Hokkaido. White-Tailed Eagles also come to Japan in November and about 550 to 800 birds stay in Hokkaido and Northern Honshu island during the winter. Although both birds migrate to Russia in spring to breed, some population of White-Tailed Eagles stay in Hokkaido to produce offspring. In Kushiro shitugen White-Tailed Eagles are found in winter too.

 
 
Tufted Puffin

Tufted Puffin

In Japan Tufted Puffins inhabit only two small islands, Yururi and Moyururi about 1.9miles (3km) offshore of Nemuro peninsula northeast Hokkaido. The population is very low about 40 and regrettably only 10 pairs of them are able to breed. The recovery future seemed to be grim. The causes of decline are by-catch, predation by invasive species and climate change.

 
 
Japanese giant salamanders

Understanding Shark

Many people visit Oarai aquarium to see sharks in which the aquarium specialize, but why sharks? Most of sharks that the aquarium rears and breeds live in the bottom of sea. Those sharks are scarcely seen by people because they usually hide behind rocks or stay underneath sand. So it is good opportunity for visitor to see those sharks at the aquarium.

 
 
Japanese giant salamanders

Japanese Giant Salamanders

Asa zoological park of Hiroshima opened in 1971. Since then Asa zoo has been protecting Japanese giant salamanders. Although Japanese giant salamanders were designated as national treasure animal in 1983, the population was declining year after year. Meanwhile Asa zoo was trying to breed in captivity, at last the first generation of Japanese giant salamanders were born at the zoo in 1979. After that, the third generation was born between the couple of zoo-born salamanders.

 
 
Plankton in the micro world

Microschopic World

There is a world, which you can see through microscope. The world is very tiny, but you’ll find it is actually a big world like the macrocosm. The specialist Kusuoka showed the interesting biology at Lake Biwa Museum.

 
 
Working Animals

Working Animals

Pig, Falcon, Llama, Cormorant, African Giant Pouched Rats