Young monkeys orphaned by such measures sometimes end up in entertainment. In nature, Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, are hardy creatures. No other nonhuman primate lives at such ...

NATURE spotlights three important conservation stories within our series of digital short films. The films, which were all shot and directed by Joseph Pontecorvo (Yosemite, Snow Monkeys), focus on ...

As their feral nature can only be brooked by offerings ... this particular breed of macaque is also known as the Japanese snow monkey. Found on almost every island in Japan, the Japanese macaque ...

Just take a look. A trio of golden snub-nosed monkeys, a first-class protected animal in China, is photographed in Shaanxi, huddled together in the snow to keep warm. Minqiang Lu, China ...

Interestingly, recent research led by the University of Vienna in Austria has shown that, unlike humans, Japanese macaques ...

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 ...

A snub-nosed monkey is pictured at the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2025. The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey, also known as the ...

One behavior symbolic of the peace-loving nature of the monkeys living here is the habit of eating together. The Awajishima Monkey Center feeds a population of some 350 wild snow monkeys who come ...