Since July 8, at least 45 people have been injured by Japanese macaques – also known as snow monkeys – in and around Yamaguchi city, according to Yoshitaka Morishige, an official from the ...

Macaques, also known as snow monkeys, were once an endangered species in Japan, but their populations have since recovered, and they are now listed as a species of least concern by the ...

The Japanese macaque, or snow monkey, is the world’s northernmost nonhuman primate species. Being one in the early 20th century was a tough gig: Humans would have hunted you for food and used ...

“I have never seen anything like this my entire life.” Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), also called snow monkeys, are well-known for their habit of bathing in hot springs during the winte ...

Japan is home to a species of monkey known as the Japanese macaque or snow monkey. It's found on three of the four main Japanese islands and lives in a variety of habitats. Living further north ...

Their behavior has become so endearing to people that thousands of tourists often trek north to take a peak at the snow monkeys' bath time. In the mountainous regions of Japan, winters can be harsh.

A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were ...

Victory! Japan’s team bowed. And the crowd exploded in laughter. At Joshin’etsukogen National Park, in a volcanic region on the island of Honshu, “snow monkeys” lounge in hot springs.

Too much of the research being done in Hillsboro is make-work for monkeys that seeks to clear up questions long since asked ...

U.S. military officials in Japan have issued a warning about a wild monkey, urging Naval Air Facility Atsugi residents to stay away from the animal and report any sightings.

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar to any Netflix subscriber ... as any woodland hiker in Japan will attest. A trip to their surroundings in Joshinetsu Kogen National Park in Nagano ...