In nature, Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, are hardy creatures. No other nonhuman primate lives at such northern latitudes. At Jigokudani Monkey Park, roughly 2,800 feet above sea ...

More visitors than ever have flocked to see the snow monkeys bathing in Japan's natural hot springs at Jigokudani Monkey Park.

The Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita welcomed a baby “Nihonzaru” (Japanese macaque) on April 21, the first to be born this year. The newborn male macaque was named “Dekopin ...

Although the macaque is not presumed dangerous to humans ... they are carrying out five headcounts a day instead of the usual two. Snow monkeys are the most northerly living non-human primate ...

Barbary macaques, found in the mountain ranges of Morocco and Algeria, are one of the few primate species that have to deal with snow. Barbary macaques have to make alliances to stay warm through ...

While they were on the loose, the area saw its first snow in seven years, accumulating up to 3 inches (8 centimeters). The rhesus macaques made a break for it on Nov. 6, and mostly hung around ...