Videos of Punch, a baby monkey, and his Ikea toy went viral on TikTok. Reeno Hashimoto took three trains to the zoo, east of Tokyo, to see what all the fuss was about. Visitors at Monkey Mountain were ...

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 ...

He’s the rejected monkey who has become the internet’s adopted animal baby. But while you cannot take Punch home, you can curl up with his companion — if you can find one in stock, that is. Punch, a ...

Punch the monkey has become a viral internet sensation and won people's hearts after a video showed the orphan Japanese macaque struggle to settle in the zoo. The clip had shown Punch relying on his ...

If you’ve been on the internet in the past week, you know about Punch, the 7-month old Japanese macaque whose sad tale of abandonment and loneliness has spread around the world via video clips and ...

Punch, the seven-month-old Japanese macaque, might be small, but his story carries emotional weight. Abandoned at birth, he was cared for by zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo. Experts say macaques are ...

Have you spent the week checking social media for updates on how Punch the macaque monkey is doing? Well, if so, you aren’t alone. Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd talks with Michelle Del Rey, a trending ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Keeper update says viral macaque is eating alone and bonding with troop This photo taken on February 19, 2026 shows a seven month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, sitting with a stuffed orangutan ...

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch has taken over the internet in recent weeks, with his adorable antics and efforts to connect with the other members of his troop at Ichikawa Zoo in Japan touching ...

There are few things that unite the world like animal videos. There are also few things that are so readily commoditized. Both have occurred in the case of Punch, a baby monkey at the Ichikawa City ...