Guinness World Records has officially recognised a 108-year-old Japanese woman as the world’s oldest professional barber. Shitsui Hakoishi, who turns 109 this year, says she plans to retire when she ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Our study investigated stress levels in wild female Japanese macaques through self-scratching behavior, as an indicator of stress level. We observed 11 adult females in a wild group on Kinkazan ...

Assamese macaques climb a cliff in the Encheng National Nature Reserve in Daxin county, Chongzuo city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Assamese macaque, a second-class state ...

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 ...

Residents of northern Japan were sheltering from deep snow up to the rooftops in some areas on Thursday after a two-week whiteout. Several cities have seen record snowfall this month, causing ...

A zoo in East Sussex is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered monkey. The Sulawesi crested macaque baby was born at Drusillas Park at Alfriston in January. A zoo spokesperson said they ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The long-tailed macaque, one of 95 primate species found in Malaysia, is a familiar sight to locals, often seen in residential areas, estates, parks, and even airports. Despite ...