After he was rejected by his mother, the struggles and triumphs of Punch, a baby monkey in a Japanese zoo, have become a viral sensation.

Punch, a Japanese macaque, received an outpour of online love after videos of him clutching a small orangutan plushie at the ...

Huge lines are forming outside a small zoo in Japan, all for one tiny monkey and the stuffed animal he refuses to let go of.

For a baby macaque, that maternal rejection is absolutely devastating. They're supposed to cling to their mothers constantly. That's how these babies feel safe. That's how they build up their little ...

In a new video of Punch, the baby monkey is dragged around in circles by an adult monkey, upsetting animal lovers around the ...

“Punch is gradually deepening his interactions with the troop of monkeys!” the zoo wrote on X. “He’s getting groomed, playfully poking at others, getting scolded, and having all sorts of experiences ...

Videos of Punch clinging to his stuffed companion spread rapidly online. The emotional turning point came when footage showed the baby monkey being bullied by other monkeys in the troop, prompting a ...

The internet has fallen in love with Punch, the 7-month-old macaque who clings to a stuffed animal for comfort. So when a ...

An abandoned baby monkey at a Japanese zoo who found comfort in a stuffed animal is slowly being accepted by the rest of the ...

Punch the baby macaque has had a rough start to his life.

Dozens of fans flocked to a Japanese zoo on Friday to catch a glimpse of a baby macaque who shot to social media stardom ...