On April 11, 2026, in Guizhou, China, @cc shared a video of a tense moment involving a monkey and a woman. In the video, the ...

Punch, the monkey that went viral after being abandoned by his mother and found a friend in a stuffed animal, has a girlfriend.A TikTok shared by Overtime showed Punch the monkey cuddling a female ...

Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. And his zookeeper has told CNN that the seemingly ...

Animal rights activists say that viral online content about animals like ‘Punch-kun’ has the potential to drive the illegal wildlife trade. IKEA’s Djungelskog orangutan stuffed toy, which was made ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...

In a dramatic turn of events that’s captured the attention of animal lovers worldwide, Punch — the young macaque at a zoo in Japan famous for his inseparable bond with a stuffed orangutan toy — has ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As millions of fans follow the emotional journey of Punch, the 7‑month‑old Japanese macaque whose attachment to a stuffed ...

Punch is the reason throngs of people are getting off a train in Chiba prefecture and following a quiet stream of strangers toward a small municipal zoo just outside Japan’s capital. The 7-month-old ...

Have you spent the week checking social media for updates on how Punch the macaque monkey is doing? Well, if so, you aren’t alone. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Michelle Del Rey, a trending ...

Punch, a 7-month-old macaque monkey, had no friends. His mother abandoned him. He wasn’t quite fitting in with the other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo. The closest thing he had to loved ...