I was not emotionally prepared for an orphaned baby monkey finding comfort in a tiny rescue kitten.

Punch-kun the monkey has won over visitors with his adorable toy companion Escher Walcott is a Writer/Reporter at PEOPLE, covering stories in Entertainment, Style, Human Interest. She joins having ...

As the world grapples with war, unchecked AI, and racism—monumental problems—society (not just white folks) are focusing its emotional investment on a baby monkey being bullied in Japan. Here’s why.

A tiny Japanese macaque named Punch became a global sensation after clinging to a stuffed orangutan for comfort. The heart-wrenching footage from Ichikawa City Zoo shows the infant treating the toy as ...

There are some stories the internet collectively decides to care about. This week, it's a little monkey named Punch. Punch — or more colloquially, Punch-kun — is a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in ...

Punch the Monkey brought the Internet to tears. The baby macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan was abandoned by his mother and bullied by his fellow snow monkeys, leading him to cling to a plush ...

Known as Punch-kun, he was abandoned by his mom and has struggled to connect with the zoo's other monkeys Fans are now flocking to the zoo in Ichikawa, Japan, where visitors are hoping to spot the ...