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, ...

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Punch, a baby macaque monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has quickly become an online celebrity. Zoo staff say he is acclimating to his roommates.

A monkey descending a tree trunk often keeps its head up, moving almost like a cautious climber backing down a ladder.

Punch the Monkey is a popular internet meme, but here's how fans of the monkey can visit him live and in person at his zoo in Ichikawa, just outside Tokyo, Japan.

A heartbreaking video of Punch, a baby monkey, has gone viral as he is seen being dragged by an adult monkey, but the ...

Punch, a baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has gone viral online for carrying an orangutan plush toy after ...

An orphaned monkey in Japan has captured hearts, flooding the zoo with visitors and boosting sales for the plush toy that has been a comfort to him.

Somewhere between your feeds right now, a tiny Japanese macaque named Punch is clutching a stuffed orangutan from IKEA and generating the kind of internet phenomenon that brands spend millions trying ...