Ichikawa City Zoo said that Punch was becoming less reliant on a stuffed orangutan toy because increasing numbers of monkeys were looking after or playing with him.

A huge line of monkey fans was spotted about 18 miles outside of Tokyo at the Ichikawa City Zoo on Sunday, Feb. 22, hoping to ...

Punch the monkey is being ‘disciplined’ not bullied, insists Japanese zoo - Ichikawa City Zoo says Japanese macaques follow a ...

(Corrects given name of professor in sixth paragraph to Shigeyuki from Shigeki) By Tom Bateman AZUMINO, Japan, March 10 (Reuters) - Punch the baby snow monkey and his stuffed orangutan have captured ...

There's surely a reason we all went briefly nuts about a lonely little snow monkey called Punch living in a Japanese zoo.

A viral video claimed baby monkey Punch lost his stuffed toy but a fact check revealed the monkey in the clip is not Punch.

Everyone is still obsessed with Punch, the monkey at a Japanese zoo who went viral after getting rejected by his mum. And there has just been a major update!

Japanese macaques, also known as "snow monkeys," are native to Japan and have thick fur manes made to withstand cold winters, according to the Texas State Historical Association. They have hairless ...

An abandoned monkey at a Japanese zoo who lugs around a stuffed animal as a companion has won over the hearts of social media users. Punch, a baby macaque in Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, was abandoned ...

Considered messengers of the gods, the macaques are now made to wear costumes, do backflips, and walk on stilts to please crowds.