Snow monkeys, or Japanese macaques, are native to Japan. Netizens have reacted angrily to the culling. "This seems a bit of a harsh response," said one user on Facebook. "Why? Send them out of ...

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 ...

A banner welcomed us to the “Snow Monkey Town,” and signs in the station showed red-faced Japanese macaques soaking up to their necks in hot-spring water. The monkeys closed their eyes and ...

In nature, Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, are hardy creatures. No other nonhuman primate lives at such northern latitudes. At Jigokudani Monkey Park, roughly 2,800 feet above sea ...

The Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita welcomed a baby “Nihonzaru” (Japanese macaque) on April 21, the first to be born this year. The newborn male macaque was named “Dekopin ...

Barbary macaques, found in the mountain ranges of Morocco and Algeria, are one of the few primate species that have to deal with snow. Barbary macaques have to make alliances to stay warm through ...

Authorities in South Carolina have successfully recaptured the last four of 43 rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped ... which brought up to three inches of snow to the area, the first such event ...

Nagano Prefecture—Visitors to the popular monkey park here have been delighted by the sight of wild Japanese macaques soaking in hot springs to escape the winter chill. Approximately 30 snow ...