Much like their human cousins, baby macaques crave comfort.

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early ...

His viral stardom and the scramble for stuffed orangutans show how quickly — and cravenly — trauma becomes trend.

ICHIKAWA, Japan (WFLA) — Videos of a baby Japanese macaque dragging an orangutan stuffed toy in a zoo in Japan won hearts across the internet. The monkey, Punch, was abandoned by his mother shortly ...

Born in July last year, macaque Punch sought comfort in a stuffed orangutan toy after being abandoned by its mother.

Born Free, the wildlife charity, has warned that Punch's viral fame could do more harm than good—for him and for his species.

Abandoned, bullied and left to figure things out on his own, Punch found an unlikely friend - an IKEA orangutan plushie - and ...

Japanese macaques withstood unfavorable conditions for decades in Texas.