The video of Punch resonated with so many online. The hashtag #HangInTherePunch also circulated on social media to show ...

In an online landscape dominated by fast-moving trends, it takes something genuinely heartfelt to make people stop, and a tiny macaque named Punch has managed to do just that. At Ichikawa City Zoo in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afterwards, in February, the zoo said that Punch “had been scolded many times by other monkeys” but none had “shown serious ...

TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Tokyo's Ueno zoo to have a last glimpse of the popular twin pandas that are set to return to China next month, worried if or when they get to see their ...

The Asa Zoological Park in Hiroshima, Japan, held what might be the cutest emergency drill ever this past Sunday. The zoo had a worker cosplay as a bear on the loose to simulate an animal escape. The ...

Get to know some friendly animals on a day trip from Tokyo to a zoo full of friendly, exotic animals. Donkeys, llamas and capybaras are among the 140 animals at Izu Shaboten Zoo, less than a ...

"We recognize the importance of reconfirming the sex of introduced animals, and will take precautions to ensure that this does not happen again," said the zoo Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer ...

A Japanese zoo caring for a baby monkey who has become an internet sensation was forced to issue a statement denying he was ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

A baby patas monkey in a Mexican zoo is receiving care after its mother could not provide for it. Zoo staff are hand-feeding ...

A Japanese zoo is fighting back after authorities in Hokkaido prefecture issued a closure order for the facility exhibiting around 150 animal species. The zoo, located in a mountainous area 20km ...

When Japan's Osaka Tennoji Zoo took in a hippo named Gen-chan seven years ago, they were told the young animal was a male. Recently, they took a DNA test and found out the mammal is actually a female.