DES MOINES, Iowa — Blank Park Zoo is introducing patrons to the newest member of the zoo family: Taro, a baby Japanese ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A baby Japanese macaque has been introduced to the Blank Park Zoo. Taro, a baby Japanese macaque, ...

The Japanese macaque, or snow monkey, is native to northern Japan. Francis Apesteguy / Getty Images. July 27, 2022, 9:36 AM EDT. By Arata Yamamoto and Dylan Butts.

Macaque monkeys live together in an intricate social structure that often leads to internal battles for power and control.

Since July 8, at least 45 people have been injured by Japanese macaques – also known as snow monkeys – in and around Yamaguchi city, according to Yoshitaka Morishige, an official from the ...

Monkeys are on the rampage in a southwestern Japanese city, attacking at least 58 people in just three weeks. People in Yamaguchi city have been terrorised by the violent primates, with reports ...

The monkeys involved in Japan are macaques, or “snow monkeys”, which are widely known on the internet for pictures of the primates relaxing in hot springs.Yet the ones attacking people seem ...

After World War II, Japan banned macaque hunting. But this movement to conserve these monkeys proved to be a little too successful. The macaques’ two natural predators, the mountain hawk-eagle ...

Police in Yamaguchi, Japan, are on alert after a spate of monkey attacks against young children. The above stock photo shows a Japanese macaque, the species of monkey that's attacking the kids.

As Japan’s macaque population grows, clashes with humans are becoming more frequent. More than 50 people were injured by recent monkey attacks in one western city.

Nature: Macaques 02:01. Local authorities in Japan's Yamaguchi city said Monday they are turning to tranquilizer guns to confront marauding monkeys that have injured 42 people in recent weeks.