A snow monkey stole a tourist’s iPhone and did a perfect impersonation of a human. Actor Ashton Kutcher liked it so much he put his own watermark on photo. “Facebook Update.” A nature photographer ...

Monkeys are on the rampage in a southwestern Japanese city, attacking at least 58 people in just three weeks. People in Yamaguchi city have been terrorised by the violent primates, with reports ...

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar to any Netflix subscriber — the animals are featured on programs like “Wild Babies” and “Night on Earth.” A firsthand, up-close encounter with these iconic ...

The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Others of their species ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Recent winter weather brought a first look at snow for the youngest animals at the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines.For Taro the ...

Choking on fresh powder as I flew through perfectly gladed birch trees on my snowboard, stopping every five to six turns to let the snow settle so I could see where I was going, it occurred to me that ...

Blank Park Zoo’s 1-month-old snow monkey has a name. The zoo has officially named the female primate Yumi (pronounced: you-me). She was born on Aug. 31. “This name, originating in Japan and Korea, ...

Hakuba Valley is located in Japan's Nagano Prefecture, which is just three hours from Tokyo by bullet train. The valley is ...

Born in June, Taro is the 46th Japanese macaque born at the Blank Park Zoo since the species was first introduced in 1985.