Performances in N.Y.C. Performers who wowed us online as children are coming of age. But they have few obvious career paths. Credit... Supported by By Margaret Fuhrer There was a moment in the 2010s ...

It can sometimes be quite tricky to make friends, and that can make you feel quite lonely. But for one little monkey in Japan, his friendship fortunes seem to be turning around. Punch the Japanese ...

Punch the monkey fans can put their hearts and minds at ease: The once-abandoned baby macaque is making more and more friends, according to his caretakers. So many, in fact, that he may be outgrowing ...

Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. And his zookeeper has told CNN that the seemingly ...

If you've fallen in love with a baby monkey named Punch, you're not alone.The Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan has drawn a global online audience after videos and photos of Punch toting ...

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. A baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching ...

In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media. While Punch pulled on heartstrings across the world, skeptical Snopes ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google They’re a knockout duo. Punch, the seven-month-old macaque who stole the internet’s heart, has made a new pal at ...

And now a lighter story to end the week. In a zoo outside Tokyo, one monkey has pulled heartstrings around the world after forming an unexpected friendship. Stephanie Sy has the story. It's a story of ...

Punch the Monkey went viral after a video appeared to show the baby macaque getting "attacked" by adult macaques. Hearts around the world broke when he ran to his surrogate mom, a stuffed orangutan.

At this point, Punch the monkey no longer belongs to the zoo. He belongs to the internet. The 7-month-old macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo near Tokyo first went viral for clinging to a stuffed animal ...