Researchers have found that the size of the amygdala – a region of the brain involved in processing emotions – could be linked to social tolerance in macaque monkeys. Their research, published today ...
New research shows rhesus monkeys categorize facial expressions as context-dependent social signals shaped by the whole face ...
Macaque species that live in more tolerant social groups have larger volumes in brain regions tied to social processing, according to a study published in eLife that compared neuroanatomy across ...
Meet Punch, one of 2026’s unlikeliest heroes. The baby Japanese macaque won hearts (and the internet) after he was rejected by his fellow monkeys and bonded with an orangutan plushie. The young monkey ...
A new tool that allows researchers to create realistic full-body animations of monkeys has provided the first evidence that nonhuman primates experience the "uncanny valley" phenomenon for body ...
Little Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque living in the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has captured hearts on the internet. Abandoned by his mother in the first few days of his life and raised by ...
Videos of Punch, a young Japanese macaque, holding a stuffed orangutan toy have captured the hearts of people around the world. But the attention has stirred claims that he is being bullied by other ...
Little Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque living in the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has captured hearts on the internet. Abandoned by his mother in the first few days of his life and raised by ...