Ontario mourns the death of Pockets Warhol, the famous Canadian painting monkey. Plus, why the “Ikea monkey” Punch caused toy sellouts in 2026.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few things unite people on the internet these days but if there’s one thing that can bring social media together, it’s a ...

From the moment he was born at Ichikawa City Zoo, Punch, a baby Japanese macaque, was rejected by the one being evolution designed to protect him: his mother. For reasons not fully understood, she ...

The plight of a young, abandoned macaque monkey in Japan has tugged at heartstrings around the world. If we recognise animals' capacity for distress, what responsibility does that entail?

We explore the dark truth of why the internet rallies more around a zoo monkey than detained kids separated from their immigrant parents.

For decades, online culture has transformed pets and zoo fauna into global public figures and social avatars ...

And just when we thought it couldn't get any cuter, COMPLEX shared a video that the zoo had posted on X, showing Punch being ...

A zookeeper gives an update on the progress of Punch, the baby Japanese macaque, and fans of the monkey explain why people ...

As the world grapples with war, unchecked AI, and racism—monumental problems—society (not just white folks) are focusing its ...

What’s it like to have millions of fans but struggle to make friends? For Punch, a 7-month-old macaque, fame and loneliness have collided, leaving the world watching as he clings to a stuffed ...

A baby macaque has adopted a stuffed animal after being rejected by his mother. Videos of the six-month-old, named Punch, carrying his companion around his enclosure at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo have ...

An abandoned monkey at a Japanese zoo who lugs around a stuffed animal as a companion has won over the hearts of social media users. Punch, a baby macaque in Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, was abandoned ...