Punch, the baby monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo who once went viral for clinging to a plush toy after being abandoned, has found ...

Punch's ‘girlfriend' is believed to be named Momo-chan. Amid the heartwarming moments, the internet did what it does best – ...

Born in July 2025, Punch was rejected by his mother after birth, and caretakers at the zoo stepped in to hand-raise him — but ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium opened their new animal hospital on Tuesday. Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium staff ...

An orangutan surrogacy program is giving the most vulnerable babies in Borneo something they thought they had lost forever: a mother’s love.

For months, four infant orangutans lived in limbo in Thailand — not as pets, but as evidence. Confiscated in two separate trafficking cases, they were cared for at the Khao Pratubchang Wildlife Rescue ...

“Punch isn’t the only one who relies on stuffed animals for comfort and safety,” the overlaid text reads, referencing Punch, the Japanese macaque who previously went viral for clinging to a stuffed ...

A Japanese zoo caring for a baby monkey who has become an internet sensation was forced to issue a statement denying he was being ...

Maggie Penman chats with science journalist Deborah Blum about how baby monkey Punch’s stuffed toy has given him courage to make friends at his zoo home in Japan.

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