Chris Holliday said Punch the monkey's story and demeanor resonated with him. The baby macaque is now on his chest in ...

Ichikawa City Zoo's viral macaque Punch is beginning to bond with another young monkey after months with his IKEA teddy, marking hopeful progress in his social life.

Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala—a region of the brain involved in processing emotions—could be linked to ...

Since moving to Tokyo last year, my friends back in New York have made a habit of sending me viral posts about Japan. That's ...

Punch, a monkey that went viral after he was abandoned by his mother in a Japanese zoo, is reminiscent of a foundational ...

Controversial Yemassee 'monkey farm' announces plan to house retired scientific research monkeys from other facilities in the ...

A sediment-washing “bubbler” helped researchers recover 65.5-million-year-old teeth that illuminate how early primate ...

Tiny, tooth-sized fossils have just reshaped the story of our deepest ancestry. Paleontologists have discovered the southernmost remains ever found of Purgatorius—the earliest-known relative of all ...

Punch the baby monkey and his emotional support stuffed orangutan are real, according to the official X account ( archived) ...

The story of Punch the monkey finding comfort in a stuffed animal after being abandoned at birth is real. In early 2026, ...

Psychologist Dannielle Haig has shared her thoughts on the ‘uncomfortable truth’ about Punch the monkey’s heartbreaking story going viral.