The species - whose Latin name is Nipponia nippon - is also known as the Japanese crested ibis, but is best known in the South for a popular children’s song composed in the 1920s, when Korea was ...

Having witnessed the extinction of the Japanese oriental stork and the Japanese crested ibis, Dr. Shimano knew he had to help ...

Declared extinct in the wild in Japan in the 1980s, the crested ibis has made a dramatic comeback following an artificial breeding and release program. But in the end, Mother Nature has the last word.

The plan was approved by a panel of experts on Friday. The crested ibis once lived widely in Japan. But the bird, designated as a special natural monument, had become extinct in 2003. Excessive ...

Having witnessed the extinction of the Japanese original strains of the Oriental Stork and the Japanese Crested Ibis, Dr. Shimano readily volunteered to help, saying "I will do anything in my ...

and the Japanese crested ibis became extinct in 2003. In 1999, China donated a pair of crested ibises to Japan that were released and bred in the wild on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture ...

“Toki-iro” (pale gentle pink) is named after the color of the beautiful wings of the “toki” Japanese crested ibis. The bird was mentioned in “Nihon Shoki” (The Chronicles of Japan ...

The zany straw sculptures intended to entertain visitors are of a “toki” Japanese crested ibis, an octopus and a dolphin. The works were created by students of Musashino Art University in ...