Japan's Ichikawa City Zoo addressed concerns that its resident monkey Punch was "being bullied" by his fellow macaques as videos of him seeking comfort from an orangutan plushie continue to go viral.

After wild macaques tossed stuffed toys into his enclosure, a Singapore Zoo Komodo dragon needed emergency surgery.

In the age of endless scrolling, these clips seem almost ordinary. A penguin walking away from its colony across the Antarctic ice. A baby monkey clut.

Punch the viral baby macaque who clung to an IKEA plushie is growing up, trading his toy comfort for real monkey friendships.

The Phoenix Zoo rarely misses a trend. Inspired by Punch the monkey, they gave a young primate a plushy. Here's what happened ...

If you search “Punch the Monkey” on Google, you may notice your screen fill up with hearts — inside, the image of a small ...

Punch is not the first captive animal to spark such strong emotional reactions. Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo, drew thousands ...

Animal rights activists say that viral online content about animals like ‘Punch-kun’ has the potential to drive the illegal ...

Have you seen the baby monkey dragging a stuffed toy around all over the internet? Yes, Punch, the Japanese macaque is the internet’s latest fascination. He gained fame overnight after a video of him ...

COLUMN. Social media users around the world are captivated by the plight of a baby monkey abandoned by its mother and taken in by a Japanese zoo. The story reveals how our tendency toward ...

Both have occurred in the case of Punch, a baby monkey at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan. Punch captured hearts around the world after a viral post showed him hugging a stuffed orangutan toy after ...

PETA has issued a statement on the sad reality behind Punch the baby monkey after he went viral following his mum's rejection of him at birth.