Monkey

Viral baby monkey Punch finds girlfriend

Clips show Punch leaning in for gentle face-to-face touches. Viewers have described these as “kisses.”

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.
Monkey rescued in Israel after illegal wildlife trafficking probe.

Monkey rescued in Israel after illegal wildlife trafficking probe

A baby Japanese macaque named Punch sits next to a stuffed orangutan at Ichikawa City Zoo, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, February 19, 2026.

Punch the baby macaque opens up to troop mates

Punch, a Japanese macaque who was abandoned at birth

A psychologist explains: What can Punch the monkey and his doll teach us?


A monkey and a chicken have become best friends at Ramat Gan Safari

The Asian monkey has been hanging out with the chicken on a regular basis.

Chicken

New Worlds: Making spines from seawater

Also: Wild chimpanzees in Uganda observed using "babysitters."

Eilat's Coral Beach Nature Reserve has stunning reefs and an abundance of marine and fish life.

Israeli-led crowdfunding hopes to save Peruvian monkey

Although the yellow-tailed woolly monkey is critically endangered, the population of this species is actually on the rise in the area that TiME aims to purchase and protect.

Israeli-led crowdfunding hopes to save Peruvian monkey

Treasures in the Modi’in area

Even those who drive on the Highway 443 regularly do not often take the time to look around at the beautiful forests found on both sides of the road.

Monkey Park, Kfar Daniel

Monkey business: Primate escapes from zoo in Rishon Lezion

The monkey was later tranquilized in order to be transported back to the zoo.

Monkey escapes zoo

Macaque monkeys descended from Jews, claims Sudanese writer

Mus'ab Al-Mosharraf, who blogs for the left-leaning Elaph website, claims that "it is indisputable that there are monkeys of Jewish origin."

Macaque at Sacred Monkey Forest, Bali, Indonesia

Last groups of Mazor Farm monkeys moved to Ben Shemen sanctuary

The macaque monkeys were saved by Monkey Rescue, which saves animals from export for medical purposes.

Natural-born Mauritian macaques that have recently arrived from the Mazor Farm to the monkey sanctuary in Ben Shemen Forest

Monkeying around: Iran's space launch a hoax?

Examination of before/after photos of monkey allegedly launched by Iran into space reveals what appears to be 2 different monkeys.

Before (left) and after (right) photos of Iranian monkey 370

Iran’s ‘space monkey’ storms Herzliya conference

The science to launch a monkey to space is the same as to launch a warhead over the Atlantic, says space researcher.

Iran's space monkey

'Iran successfully launches monkey into space'

Islamic Republic's news agency touts launch as an advance in a missile and space program that has alarmed the West and Israel.

Iran's space monkey