Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

“Punch isn’t the only one who relies on stuffed animals for comfort and safety,” the overlaid text reads, referencing Punch, the Japanese macaque who previously went viral for clinging to a stuffed ...

A Japanese zoo caring for a baby monkey who has become an internet sensation was forced to issue a statement denying he was ...

As the world grapples with war, unchecked AI, and racism—monumental problems—society (not just white folks) are focusing its ...

Punch, the seven-month-old Japanese macaque, might be small, but his story carries emotional weight. Abandoned at birth, he was cared for by zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo. Experts say macaques are ...

Punch, the orphaned monkey who captured hearts internationally with his beloved stuffed animal, finally seems to be making more friends of his own kind. Punch, a baby macaque in Japan's Ichikawa City ...

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 internet has a new favorite little guy. His name is Punch (or Punch-kun, as he’s Japanese), a young macaque monkey living at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. Like pygmy hippo Moo Deng or fluffy ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan — Dozens of fans flocked to a Japanese zoo on Friday to catch a glimpse of a baby macaque who shot to social media stardom months after being abandoned by his mother. Six-month-old ...

A 6-month-old monkey named Punch, abandoned at birth at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Japan, has found comfort in a stuffed orangutan. Videos of the baby monkey have gone viral on social ...

A baby monkey named Punch is struggling to find acceptance in his macaque enclosure in a Japanese zoo, and endeared social media users are fully on his side. Punch, who was abandoned by his mother ...