Punch, the seven-month-old macaque who stole the internet’s heart, has made a new pal at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan.

Of course, other AI videos of Punch the monkey are more obvious. When the tiny macaque first went viral, people started ...

The zoo says Punch is adjusting to troop life amid growing attention, with staff insisting “animal welfare is the top ...

His viral stardom and the scramble for stuffed orangutans show how quickly — and cravenly — trauma becomes trend.

In the past week, Punch—the baby Japanese snow monkey who was reportedly abandoned by his mother and was being raised by zoo staff—has become an unlikely international celebrity. The tiny macaque, ...

COLUMN. Social media users around the world are captivated by the plight of a baby monkey abandoned by its mother and taken in by a Japanese zoo. The story reveals how our tendency toward ...

Punch reminds us of the loneliness and sadness we've felt in our lives from loss or rejection, and the feeling that maybe we ...

Punch, a 7-month-old macaque monkey, had no friends. His mother abandoned him. He wasn’t quite fitting in with the other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo. The closest thing he had to loved ...

The world is going gaga over a seven-month-old Japanese macaque named Punch. This primate, who was abandoned by his mother, has spurred thousands of videos online, a surge in the sale of an IKEA toy, ...

A tiny monkey cuddling an orange stuffed orangutan,tugging it along as he wanders his enclosure, seeking attention from other ...

The plight of a young, abandoned macaque monkey in Japan has tugged at heartstrings around the world. If we recognise animals' capacity for distress, what responsibility does that entail?

When that will happen is anyone’s guess. The stuffed orangutan remains sold out on IKEA’s U.S. website. The entrepreneurial ...