Japan's snow monkeys basking in hot springs There's MONKEY BUSINESS aplenty to be found in a valley in Japan. Seth Doane has sent us a "Postcard from Nagano": Really, who could refuse a steaming ...

A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were ...

A snub-nosed monkey is pictured at the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province, March 10, 2025. The black-and-white snub-nosed monkey, also known as the ...

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar to any Netflix subscriber — the animals are featured on programs like “Wild Babies” and “Night on Earth.” A firsthand, up-close encounter with ...

2 hours from Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The ...

TRAVEL SNOW MONKEYS -- Japanese Macaque monkeys dip in a hot spring in the snow at Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park in Yamanouchi, Nagano prefecture, central Japan, Monday, Dec. 6, 2004. Some 250 ...

Life hasn’t always been so simple for the snow monkeys of Jigokudani (“The Valley of Hell,” named for its natural hot springs). They were initially forced from their habitat in the 1950s by ...

It’s quite the show for tourists. Japanese snow monkeys (macaques) in Jigokudani Monkey Park begin most days with a relaxing dip in their own hot springs. Find out your best chances to see them.

Snow monkeys usually call the snowy areas of Japan their home. But two newborns are chilling at a South Dakota zoo where a total of 16 members of the endangered species now thrive.

Footage of snow monkeys walking across electric wires in Japan has gone viral. The video, which was shared on Twitter on Jan. 7, shows around 20 snow monkeys walking on electric wires in a ...