Simon Denyer

TOKYO — Officials in Seoul said they found their first case of covid-19 in a cat on Monday shortly after offering free tests to pets in the South Korean capital. Experts say there’s no evidence cats or dogs can transmit the coronavirus to humans, but…

TOKYO — Hungry bears with a taste for grapes and chestnuts are causing havoc across Japan, and thousands of the animals are ending up dead as a result. Two people have been killed and almost 100 have been injured this year as human-bear encounters…

MOSCOW — As the Opening Ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea was starting, an unusually high number of empty seats remained. Many who planned to attend in PyeongChang were unable to print their tickets. A malware infection had caused…

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Family life has been transformed in Japan since the coronavirus first took hold. Here's how our family — my wife Sarah, our daughter Molly and our dog Ziggy — coped these last two months, the changes and challenges, the…

With the coronavirus spreading around the world, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told President Trump in a phone call Friday that his government is confident about, and capable of, defeating the epidemic. Anger was swelling online in China over the death…

In a rescue center, the pangolin slowly wakes and uncurls, sniffing out a nighttime feast of ants’ eggs, then lapping it up with its implausibly long tongue. One of 74 pangolins rescued from the back of a truck in Vietnam in April, its survival has…

PHUNG THUONG, Vietnam — Inside a row of rusting cages, 15 adult moon bears are imprisoned in varying degrees of apathy and distress. Some lie on their backs in the tiny enclosures, unable even to stretch out; others loll their heads or chew…

BEIJING — The battle to save the world’s sharks from extinction has not yet been won, despite one of the most significant wildlife success stories of recent years. Consumption of shark fin soup in China has fallen by about 80 percent since 2011,…

At China’s annual parliamentary session, lawmakers from Hong Kong have submitted a formal proposal to ban the commercial farming of bears for the extraction of their bile and urged stronger efforts to combat the illegal trade in rhino horn, officials…

BEIJING — Air China has become the first airline in mainland China to ban shark fin cargo, marking a dramatic shift in attitudes toward trade in endangered wildlife here and throwing a lifeline to shark populations threatened with imminent…

Whale meat is still considered a delicacy in Japan and Norway and among indigenous communities in North America. Some industrial farms in the West treat cows, pigs and chickens with almost unbelievable cruelty before killing them for food. Dolphins,…

Two white bears — billed as polar bears but more likely polar bear–brown bear hybrids — five walrus calves, six young beluga whales and two Arctic wolves are among the animals on display in the Grandview Mall Ocean World in the southern city of…

ZHUHAI, China — The polar bears pace back and forth in their enclosure, heads lolling as they turn, their distress apparent. Chinese tourists crowd around display windows to snap quick close-ups on their phones. Beluga whales nod in time to loud…

BEIJING — Bears, tigers, pangolins and a range of other endangered animals are facing bleaker prospects than ever. A draft amendment to China’s wildlife protection law has infuriated conservationists by confirming that it is legal to breed endangered…

BEIJING — China has pledged to end the processing and sale of ivory, a move that — if fulfilled — would be a major victory in the battle to end the slaughter of tens of thousands of African elephants by poachers every year. But the country has not…

To the thump of loud dance music, four tigers roll over in succession and then raise themselves on their haunches. A man in a shiny blue shirt waves a metal stick at them, and they lift their front paws to beg. The “show” takes place twice a day in a…

This video is currently not available Former NBA star Yao Ming has helped to launch an international public awareness campaign targeting ivory and rhino horn consumption in Asia, in partnership with African Wildlife Foundation, WildAid and Save the…

BEIJING — Don’t suck up to your boss, don’t use jargon when making speeches, don’t act high and mighty, and never smoke or pick your teeth in public. Those items are included on a list of “10 forbidden behaviors” that a county in southwestern China…

NANANGZHEN, China — China, the world’s biggest consumer of illegal ivory, crushed six tons of tusks and carved ornaments in public Monday, in an event that signaled it would do more to join global efforts to protect African elephants from rampant…