Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, are some of the most intelligent and expressive primates in the world. With their strikingly human-like faces, complex social structures, and remarkable ...

By using this self-scratching activity as a behavioral indicator of stress, a study on wild female Japanese macaques has provided a novel and counter-intuitive finding: females exhibit higher ...

Macaque monkeys in two separate Japanese prefectures have taken the primatology world by storm after they were spotted attempting to mate with Sika deer. The phenomenon, originally observed in a ...

By using this self-scratching behaviour as a behavioural indicator of stress, our study on wild female Japanese macaques provided a novel and counter-intuitive finding: females exhibit higher stress ...

Considered messengers of the gods, the macaques are now made to wear costumes, do backflips, and walk on stilts to please crowds. Trainers with the Sen-zu No Sarumawashi performance group in ...

Looking for something to do in the days ahead? We've got options that'll take you to Ireland (sort of), the zoo, a STEM fair ...

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 ...

A Japanese macaque was caught on tape mounting female sika deers, going all the way and trying to actually have sex with an animal they usually just ride like horses. Now a new study based out of ...

Police Scotland said the car was deliberately driven into the premises just after midnight on Saturday, and the fire was ...

Zewald says the only other example of animals flavouring their food he could find was a study from 1965 in which wild Japanese macaques were observed dipping potatoes in salt water. Zewald and his ...

It begins with Hit-Monkey (Fred Tatasciore), a Japanese macaque who witnesses the brutal murder of an assassin named Bryce Fowler (Jason Sudeikis), along with the killing of his former tribe of ...