In Japan, the shika deer are revered and worshipped... but also culled in huge numbers (half a million in 2020).

In a moving display of kindness and empathy, a video capturing a man's efforts to help a deer trapped in deep snow has won ...

Two different groups of macaques have been spotted in Japan mounting sika deer. The behavior could be part of a shared “culture” between the animals.

The sika deer have lived in the city for centuries and claim it as their own The free-roaming deer of Nara, Japan have become an Instagram favourite for their endearing boldness and their apparent ...

A video from Nara Deer Park in Japan has captured a startling moment when a deer unexpectedly headbutted a young child standing beside his father. The video begins with the father-son duo standing ...

A visit to Nara Deer Park in Japan turned chaotic when a free-roaming deer headbutted a young child, Quantum, sending him to the ground. The incident, captured in a now-viral video, sparked ...

The local bank is one of the businesses which has bought the bags Japan's famed Nara deer have been considered national treasures for decades - but some of the tourists who flock to see them leave ...

NARA--A man has been arrested here under suspicion of violating the Cultural Assets Preservation Law for killing a deer--God’s sacred ... was a capital offense in Japan. Nara prefectural police ...

Wild deer populations are rocketing in rural parts of Japan, and that's a source of frustration for the people who live there. The animals are damaging crops and causing traffic accidents.

One of the deer that are beloved by sightseers is seen at Nara Park on Dec. 20, 2024. (Mainichi/Yasuhiro Tanabe) NARA -- Nara Park in this western Japan city is enjoying a tourist renaissance in ...

NARA—The wild deer of Nara have long been protected here as divine messengers, but the prefectural government plans to expand the areas in which they can be exterminated. At a meeting on March ...