A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan provided Punch with an orangutan plushie as a stand-in mother.

Has Punch the Monkey finally found a new home and been adopted? Nope. Let's clear up what's happening with the internet's favorite macaque.

Discover the heartwarming story of Punch, the viral Japanese macaque, and his beloved orangutan comfort toy. Learn about emotional security and resilience.

A Harvard University neurobiology lab is under fire for conducting brain and vision experiments on baby monkeys, the latest in a string of efforts by animal welfare groups to shut down tests they view as cruel that have been funded by the National ...

In a letter sent Monday to Massachusetts lawmakers, actor Casey Affleck is urging a bill that would prohibit the separation of baby monkeys from their mothers for laboratory experiments, a practice that animal rights activists have protested since 2022.