As the world grapples with war, unchecked AI, and racism—monumental problems—society (not just white folks) are focusing its emotional investment on a baby monkey being bullied in Japan. Here's why.

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...

I can’t be the only one who got completely drawn into the story of Punch, the baby macaque who bonded with a stuffed toy ...

When I first heard rumblings that the world had assembled a conclave to elect a new celebrity zoo animal, I felt preemptively ...

The world stood still in favor of Punch - the infant monkey whose toy he holds in his arms rather than his mother. There's ...

Punch the baby monkey is a six-month-old Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo that everyone on the internet feels very maternal over ...

In a new video, the beloved baby macaque was spotted making friends and even riding on the back of fellow monkeys.

There is a new main character on the internet… and his name is Punch. The sweet story of a rejected macaque who found a friend in a stuffed animal is teaching people online a lesson in resilience.

If you've been on the internet in the past few weeks, chances are you've seen him: a tiny gray-brown monkey dragging a big, stuffed orangutan around Japan's Ichikawa Zoo. His name? Punch-kun, or Punch ...

Zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan hand-reared the rescued monkey after his parents rejected him.

Punch, a baby macaque monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has quickly become an online celebrity. Zoo staff say he is acclimating to his roommates.