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

Maciek Pożoga The “Snow Monkey Express” was almost empty when I rode with a few other tourists from Nagano to the last stop in Yamanouchi, a town of 12,400. A banner welcomed us to the ...

And the crowd exploded in laughter. At Joshin’etsukogen National Park, in a volcanic region on the island of Honshu, “snow monkeys” lounge in hot springs. Years ago, after people began ...

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 ...

You don’t have to swing from treetops to get a close-up look at these curious creatures Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi Text by Tracy Scott Forson Often found ...

OITA--A baby monkey named in honor of Shohei Ohtani’s famous dog was born here just in time to celebrate the Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger’s historic home run. The Takasakiyama Natural ...

Snow monkeys line up in the form of the Japanese script for “saru” (monkey) in Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, on Feb. 15 as they eat food laid out on the ground in the shape of the characters.

In 1970 a picture of a snow monkey bathing in a hot spring graced the cover of Life Magazine Ever since Japans hottubbing primates have been protected and well fed for the enjoyment of tourists ...

Interestingly, recent research led by the University of Vienna in Austria has shown that, unlike humans, Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), commonly known as snow monkeys, experience no maternal ...