Residents of Hokkaido share the land with a great variety of wildlife, some of which can even be seen hanging out in urban districts! But when it comes to animals in nature, Hokkaido and Honshu (the ...

A Hokkaido squirrel makes an appearance in a field full of blue corydalis ambigua on the grounds of Urausu Shrine in the Hokkaido town of Urausu on April 24. This is the only time of year in which the ...

Ezo flying squirrels native to Hokkaido were recently spotted early one morning in an Okhotsk area forest in Japan's northernmost prefecture, busy munching on food until the very last minute before ...

THE image above shows one of Japan’s most charismatic and rarely seen residents as it glides through its Hokkaido habitat: Pteromys volans orii, a subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel. It and ...

Hokkaido's flying squirrels share city with humans Many wild animals live in close proximity to humans in northern Japan’s Hokkaido. NHK recently spotted and filmed Ezo flying squirrels in the middle ...

Editor's note: This is part of a series of videos offering an up-close perspective on the animal kingdom. A special 360-degree video camera system was set up in zoos and other facilities to show how ...