Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
A strong winter pressure pattern brought a dumping of heavy snow to many areas across Japan and dropped temperatures to their most frigid levels on record.
Sprawling rugby fields in the Sugadaira Highlands in Nagano Prefecture, where players descend from across the nation for summer training, are now equipped with portable medical devices to deal with a sudden cardiac arrest.