On the lush, green Japanese island of Yakushima, two species of animals have struck up an unusual relationship seemingly out of a fable. The resident Japanese macaque monkeys and sika deer have ...

Six Japanese macaques standing erect on leashes obediently ... Captive monkeys are protected under Japan’s animal welfare law, but the legislation emphasizes the treatment of common domestic ...

However, farmers in Japan view these animals as agricultural pests ... establishment of breeding colonies that would produce Japanese macaques for research purposes. Because it takes about ...

"We feel sorry because we cry," wrote philosopher and psychologist William James, "angry because we strike, afraid because we ...

FUKUYAMA -- Japanese macaques at a natural zoo on an island in western Japan's Kagawa Prefecture have ... a lecturer of animal ecology at Fukuyama University. A study of the animals' group life ...

In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima, a male macaque jumped up onto the back ... can’t be absolutely certain it’s the same animal. “It’s difficult to recognize, but when ...

King of The Troop ― Japanese Macaque Macaques can be found all across Japan. We followed a troop on a small island in the country's northeast and discovered some amazing greeting rituals and ...

Observe Japanese macaques, known as snow monkeys, bathing in natural hot springs during winter months. This rare behaviour is a significant draw for wildlife photographers.

After a while, the deer twitched its body, causing the macaque to jump off and wander on its way. Atsuyuki was born and raised in Japan’s mountainous Nagano-Prefecture. His recent work as a wildlife ...

SUMOTO, Hyogo -- Wild monkeys in this western Japan city gathered on Dec. 25 ... where visitors can closely observe wild Japanese macaques that have been fed there. Some 350 monkeys are estimated ...

OITA--The public celebrated the birth of the first Japanese macaque this year by naming it Peppermill after the pepper-grinding gesture popularized by Samurai Japan players during the recent World ...