Images of Punch dragging around the plushie that is bigger than he is drew attention to the residents of a zoo near Tokyo, ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early ...

Punch is the reason throngs of people are getting off a train in Chiba prefecture and following a quiet stream of strangers toward a small municipal zoo just outside Japan’s capital. The 7-month-old ...

Punch, the seven-month-old macaque who stole the internet’s heart, has made a new pal at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan.

Videos of Punch, a baby monkey, and his Ikea toy went viral on TikTok. Reeno Hashimoto took three trains to the zoo, east of Tokyo, to see what all the fuss was about. Visitors at Monkey Mountain were ...

In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media.

Zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan hand-reared the rescued monkey after his parents rejected him.

Chris Holliday said Punch the monkey's story and demeanor resonated with him. The baby macaque is now on his chest in ...

The baby Japanese macaque bonded with a plush orangutan after he was rejected by his mother shortly after birth.

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational attachment theory experiment ...

We’re not sure if this is taking technology too far or if this is just plain genius. In Waco, Texas, at the Cameron Park Zoo, Microsoft’s Skype messaging and video calling service is being used by ...

If you’ve been on the internet in the past few weeks, chances are you’ve seen him: a tiny gray-brown monkey dragging a big, ...