Carlton, Nikko, is two hours from Tokyo in a scenic mountain town packed with historic sites. And the hotel has the planet's ...

Interestingly, recent research led by the University of Vienna in Austria has shown that, unlike humans, Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), commonly known as snow monkeys, experience no maternal ...

Scientists Sakumi Iki and Ikuma Adachi recently spent a lot of time watching monkeys scratch themselves. Self-scratching among non-human primates is known to indicate social tension and anxiety.

Research has also shown subordinate capuchin monkeys self-scratch more when they are approached by a dominant individual, perhaps due to the increased risk of aggression. Japanese macaques with a ...

A pair of Japanese macaques at Bioparco di Roma engaging in grooming, a behavior that strengthens social bonds within the group. Image by Scattare61, CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

OITA--A baby monkey named in honor of Shohei Ohtani ... Zoological Garden in Oita welcomed a baby “Nihonzaru” (Japanese macaque) on April 21, the first to be born this year.

In our study, we compared these connectivity fingerprints across the human, chimpanzee, and macaque monkey brain. The chimpanzee is, together with the bonobo, our closest living relative.

Newsflare reported that Smith was staying at a hotel on the large island of Koh Samui — a filming location for Season 3 of The White Lotus — when the macaque monkeys appeared from a nearby ...

But this? This is next-level monkey business. Researchers observed long-tailed macaques in Bali’s Sacred Monkey Forest rubbing, tapping, and ahem grinding stones against their genitals.