Born Free, the wildlife charity, has warned that Punch's viral fame could do more harm than good—for him and for his species.

ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys. Images of Punch dragging around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A few days old Barbary macaque baby sits in its mother's lap in Germany's largest monkey enclosure, the Affenberg near Salem. A ...

The zoo noted that 'a few high-ranking macaques have demonstrated aggression more frequently' and were removed from the ...

A baby macaque named Punch, who went viral for clinging to a plush toy after being abandoned by his mother, is now thriving.

A super-cute baby monkey clinging to a stuffed animal for comfort caught the internet's eye last month. The little Japanese macaque is named Punch. His mother abandoned him, so the zoo where Punch ...

Punch, the monkey that went viral after being abandoned by his mother and found a friend in a stuffed animal, has a ...

Despite signs of progress, Punch still spends stretches of time alone and occasionally faces rough play from older monkeys.

The newborn Japanese macaque, offspring of 12-year-old Usagi and 10-year-old Kota, made its public debut hours after birth on Macaque Island. An addition to the Milwaukee County Zoo's macaque family ...

Punch the Monkey went viral after a video appeared to show the baby macaque getting "attacked" by adult macaques. Hearts around the world broke when he ran to his surrogate mom, a stuffed orangutan.