Punch the monkey, the hand‑reared Japanese macaque who became an unlikely global favourite, was photographed playing with another young macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo near Tokyo on Sunday, 1 March 2026.

A baby monkey named Punch and his stuffed orangutan in a Japanese zoo enclosure became a viral sensation last month. But the same species of primates have lived in Texas for decades. Japanese macaques ...

Abandoned, bullied and left to figure things out on his own, Punch found an unlikely friend - an IKEA orangutan plushie - and has now stolen the internet's hearts. If you’ve been scrolling through ...