Two American tourists were arrested in Japan over the weekend after one climbed into the enclosure of Punch the monkey, the abandoned baby macaque, at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. Japanese police ...

Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, ...

Punch the monkey fans can put their hearts and minds at ease: The once-abandoned baby macaque is making more and more friends, according to his caretakers. So many, in fact, that he may be outgrowing ...

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. And his zookeeper has told CNN that the seemingly ...

The zoo noted that 'a few high-ranking macaques have demonstrated aggression more frequently' and were removed from the habitat on March 8 JIJI PRESS / AFP/Getty The Ichikawa City Zoological and ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...

In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media. While Punch pulled on heartstrings across the world, skeptical Snopes ...

Punch the Monkey went viral after a video appeared to show the baby macaque getting "attacked" by adult macaques. Hearts around the world broke when he ran to his surrogate mom, a stuffed orangutan.

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 ...

What’s it like to have millions of fans but struggle to make friends? For Punch, a 7-month-old macaque, fame and loneliness have collided, leaving the world watching as he clings to a stuffed ...

Punch the baby monkey has captured the hearts of many worldwide. So when video of him being dragged by another macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo was shared online, outrage and heartbreak ensued. The ...

Punch, the abandoned baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, stole the hearts of many after a video showed him dragging a stuffed orangutan around his enclosure. The baby monkey was abandoned by ...