In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima ... Researchers identified the monkey based on his striking, almond-shaped eyes—though they can’t be absolutely certain it’s the same ...

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 to form the kanji character for "snake," the Chinese zodiac sign for 2025. The event took place at the Awaji Island ...

Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in ...

Visitors to the Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the southwestern Japanese Prefecture of Oita, which is home to more than 800 monkeys, are casting votes for their favorite primates.

More visitors than ever have flocked to see the snow monkeys bathing in Japan's natural hot springs at Jigokudani Monkey Park.

The resident Japanese macaque monkeys and sika deer have developed a close, mutually beneficial inter-species bond. The macaques ride around the island on the deers’ backs like miniature jockeys, ...

Monkeys warming up in front of a bonfire is a popular tourist attraction at the Japan Monkey Centre in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture on weekends. It all began in 1959 when a zookeeper was burning ...

The study was led by Ena Onishi, a doctoral student at Kyoto University's Wildlife Research Center in Japan. The concept of socially contagious urination is not new, as humans have long influenced ...

Even more dramatically, the 2011 tsunami in Japan sent waves of debris rafting ... primate ancestors and the diverse array of New World monkeys thriving today, including capuchins, howler monkeys ...

Exports of long-tailed macaques from Cambodia will remain legal pending further review, despite recommendations for a ...