In 2021, a female white-handed gibbon became pregnant, confusing Japanese zookeepers who believed a male money had never ...

The monkeys' "ultra-yodels" had frequency leaps that were five times larger than human frequency changes, often exceeding ...

The Japanese word means “hell’s valley,” after the volcanic activity that heats the springs. Maciek Pożoga The “Snow Monkey Express” was almost empty when I rode with a few other ...

A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were ...

Considered messengers of the gods, the macaques are now made to wear costumes, do backflips, and walk on stilts to please crowds. Trainers with the Sen-zu No Sarumawashi performance group in ...

A compound that enhances neural transmission in the brain has been found to promote recovery from paralysis caused by spinal ...

Genetic engineering in non-human primates has long been limited by the need for virus-based gene delivery methods. Recently, ...

Self-scratching among non-human primates is known to indicate social tension and anxiety. The two researchers from Kyoto ...

The food was placed by an employee in the shape of katakana characters for “saru,” the Japanese for “monkey,” thereby forming fluffy “monkey letters.” The population of snow monkeys ...

This is Jigokudani Monkey Park, home to a population of Japanese macaques. Colloquially called snow monkeys, the species has adapted to the cold with fur that grows denser as the temperature drops.