In a discovery that may reshape our understanding of Japan’s extinct wildlife, 13-year-old Hinako Komori has brought a long-forgotten Japanese wolf specimen back into the spotlight. While ...

OMACHI, Nagano Prefecture--The Japanese wolf, a species thought to have gone extinct more than a century ago, may still roam the rugged mountain terrain of central Japan--but finding solid proof ...

Confirmation of the sixth Japanese wolf specimen was possible only because the animal was preserved for a century.