“Our findings challenge the prevailing view that tigers once took refuge in Japan and that cave lion distribution was limited ...

Despite being widely called the “King of the Jungle,” lions rarely live in jungles. The nickname reflects cultural symbolism ...

There aren't any native lion or tiger populations living in Japan today, but this was not always the case. Fossil evidence indicates that at least one species of large cat roamed the archipelago ...

Japan’s lost ‘tigers’ were actually a different big cat species, study reveals - Cave lions lived in Japan long after they ...