Can an animal species that appears to be abundant also be endangered? That’s one of the riddles in the heated debate over whether the long-tailed macaque—the lab monkey most commonly used in drug ...

Punch, a Japanese macaque, stole the hearts of millions after he was abandoned by his mom and rejected by some of his peers. Now, things are looking up for him. A super-cute baby monkey clinging to a ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Nigerian military airstrike kills ...

Move over Moo Deng, it's Punch's time to shine. IKEA Singapore has sold out its Djungelskog orangutan plushie across its physical and online stores, after a viral baby macaque in Japan named Punch ...

Some primatologists say the practice is bad for the animals and many tourists aren’t that interested in the monkey tricks, but the macaques' handlers say they’re preserving a unique part of Morocco’s ...

Cambodian wildlife officials, black-market dealers and top executives at a monkey breeding company conspired to illegally export long-tailed macaques to the U.S., prosecutors said. By Eduardo Medina ...

A super-cute baby monkey clinging to a stuffed animal for comfort caught the internet's eye last month. The little Japanese macaque is named Punch. His mother abandoned him, so the zoo where Punch ...