Huge lines are forming outside a small zoo in Japan, all for one tiny monkey and the stuffed animal he refuses to let go of. Visitors have been crowding Ichikawa City Zoo after photos of a baby ...

You’ll want to know why a tiny macaque clutching a stuffed orangutan has sent people online into a frenzy. Punch‑kun was abandoned at birth, raised by zookeepers, and now carries his plush companion ...

Punch-kun baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo bonds with an IKEA plush after being rejected at birth, as keepers guide him into ...

A baby macaque has adopted a stuffed animal after being rejected by his mother. Videos of the six-month-old, named Punch, carrying his companion around his enclosure at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo have ...

Sian Waters is affiliated with the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group's Section for Human-Primate Interactions (SHPI) and receives funding from Artis Zoo, Amsterdam, NL Ouwehand Zoo Foundation NL ...