Snow monkeys use the springs to warm up in winter, according to the researchers behind the study. And when they bathe, their stress hormone levels drop.

Snow monkeys use hot springs as spa therapy to reduce stress 'This indicates that, as in humans, the hot spring has a stress-reducing effect,' says scientist conducting research into bathing ...

The Japanese snow monkeys that live in Jigokudani Monkey Park famously enjoy bathing in hot springs—an adorable habit that hasn’t been observed among other groups of macaques. Scientists have ...

"Golden monkeys are conceived every two years and they bear only one baby a time. If there is no allomaternal nursing, the survival rate of their infants would only be 20 to 30 percent." ...

Famous Japanese Snow Monkeys Take Baths to Lower Stress Just like us, snow monkeys may cope with winter weather by taking warm baths, a new study found.

We've long thought macaques are adorable, but now we realize they're masters of self-care too ...

After foraging through the warm months, the wild snow monkeys head to the hot springs when it turns cold. The Jigokudani Monkey Park, once a natural spring but now a popular tourist destination ...

A Japanese macaque monkey and her infant bathe in the hot springs at Jigokudani-Onsen. Dominant females are subjected to more stress than other monkeys. Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images Macaques were ...