The researchers behind a new study of macaques say our evolutionary relatives have a hidden musical ability we thought was uniquely human.
In the experiment, monkeys engage with auditory stimuli—ranging from simple sounds to spoken words—by identifying and selecting the corresponding visual image on a touchscreen. During one trial, a ...
Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral videos capture the 7-month-old monkey getting shoved away by older members of ...
Punch, the viral baby monkey, is a Japanese macaque. Is this the same species of nonnative monkeys found in Central Florida?
When I first heard rumblings that the world had assembled a conclave to elect a new celebrity zoo animal, I felt preemptively ...
Japanese macaques withstood unfavorable conditions for decades in Texas.
Abandoned at birth, a tiny macaque named Punch clung to an orangutan plush toy for comfort, melting hearts online. Now, he’s ...
"Primate mothers are some of the best mothers you will find in the animal kingdom," one expert said. So what happened with ...