Internet culture has spent decades turning zoo residents and household pets into global celebrities, and the phenomenon shows ...

Every few months, people decide they deeply love an animal they haven’t met.Last year, it was Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in a zoo in Thailand. Moo was hungry, play ...

Dogs have a very specific talent for turning any toy into a full competitive event. Tug of war becomes the championship round. Fetch becomes an Olympic sprint. And squeaky toys quickly become the most ...

Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo addressed concerns that its resident monkey Punch was "being bullied" by his fellow macaques as videos of him seeking comfort from an orangutan plushie continue to go viral.

In the age of endless scrolling, these clips seem almost ordinary. A penguin walking away from its colony across the Antarctic ice. A baby monkey clut.

Punch the viral baby macaque who clung to an IKEA plushie is growing up, trading his toy comfort for real monkey friendships.

I can’t be the only one who got completely drawn into the story of Punch, the baby macaque who bonded with a stuffed toy ...

The Phoenix Zoo rarely misses a trend. Inspired by Punch the monkey, they gave a young primate a plushy. Here's what happened ...

If you search “Punch the Monkey” on Google, you may notice your screen fill up with hearts — inside, the image of a small ...

Punch is not the first captive animal to spark such strong emotional reactions. Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, drew thousands ...

Animal rights activists say that viral online content about animals like ‘Punch-kun’ has the potential to drive the illegal ...

Move over, Moo Deng — America has a new baby pygmy hippo to obsess over. Meet Jellybean, the newest breakout star at Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona, about 20 miles outside of Phoenix ...