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 ...

More visitors than ever have flocked to see the snow monkeys bathing in Japan's natural hot springs at Jigokudani Monkey Park.

No more monkey business! After two months on the run last of escaped lab animals is caught - Alpha Guard employees kept an eye on the monkeys and set out humane traps.

Although the macaque is not presumed dangerous to humans ... they are carrying out five headcounts a day instead of the usual two. Snow monkeys are the most northerly living non-human primate ...

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 ...

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo has announced a nearly $16-million plan to redevelop some wildlife habitats ahead of its ...

Authorities in South Carolina said Friday that the last four of the 43 escaped monkeys had been recaptured after two months of living in the woods, weathering a rare snowstorm and being tempted ...