Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

Some people were saying he injured it in a fall, while others thought he was hurt while being bullied by one of the older ...

Madeline Bennett talks with PEOPLE about life with her two squirrel monkeys, Oakley and Oliver Sara Belcher is a digital news writer/editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her ...

Psychologist Dannielle Haig has shared her thoughts on the ‘uncomfortable truth’ about Punch the monkey’s heartbreaking story going viral.

Humans not only recognize emotions on the faces of monkeys and apes but also unconsciously mimic those expressions.

A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa ...

Punch is a baby Japanese macaque living at the Ichikawa City Zoo. Punch was born in July 2025, but things didn’t begin smoothly. According to reports from international news out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multiple monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis, and AI-generated images are complicating the effort to find them. The Vervet ...

Reports of a monkey loose in North Myrtle Beach last month drew attention on social media and speculation from Grand Strand residents. Police even went looking for the animal twice but were unable to ...

Punch the monkey has just learned this adorable trick - and people can't cope ...

Everyone loves a good bit of monkey business every now and then. It could be just playing around and being plain old silly. Or it could be an actual monkey doing something rather suspicious. Just take ...