Keepers said that the Japanese macaque is slowly making his way closer to the park and although they were able to follow the macaque for 45 minutes on Tuesday using drones, he was not in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your recent editorial, “Primate research faces extinction,” makes two points: that the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata, may be an endangered species, and that its use for research purposes by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

YAMANOUCHI, 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 ...