Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though many refer to April 15 as "tax day," there's another holiday many may never have heard of: Iriomote Wildcat Day. The ...

The Iriomote cat is a survivor. For centuries, it employed the surest survival technique of all — avoiding humans — before being scientifically described for the first time in 1967 by Dr. Yoshimori ...

It was on a train ride from Tokyo to Shimoda in Japan's Izu Peninsula when Jason, an Australian expat and one of those old Japan hands over whom the spell of Nippon was completely binding, mentioned ...

The Iriomote cat is a survivor. For centuries, it employed the surest survival technique of all -- avoiding humans -- before being scientifically described for the first time in 1967 by Dr. Yoshimori ...

Japan is home to two rare subspecies of leopard cat, one found only on Iriomote Island and the other on Tsushima Island. Neither larger than a housecat, each subspecies has an estimated population of ...

Beware of falling rocks. Slippery roads. And in parts of Japan and Taiwan, mind the felines! The island of Iriomote in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture is home to a rare breed of indigenous cat that can be ...

The mornings on this island are special. When you open the terrace door of your hotel room, dense green forests and ...

From mist‑shrouded islands to high mountain ridges, some wild cats remain among Earth’s most elusive and threatened predators. These feline species may not dominate headlines like lions or tigers, but ...

IRIOMOTE NATIONAL PARK, JAPAN — The steamy, hazy jungle thrums with trilling insects, singing frogs and the steady gurgle of rushing water as we cut through thickets of head-high ferns. Prowling out ...