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 ...

Reports include a four-year-old girl scratched after a monkey broke into her apartment and one animal entering a kindergarten classroom. Once a vulnerable species, Japanese macaques have recently ...

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 ...

9, and about 100 animals escaped. There are now fears that the Japanese macaques could start interbreeding ... president of the Primate Society of Japan and a professor of primatology at Kyoto ...

Still, they are wild animals. This designation comes with ... Found on almost every island in Japan, the Japanese macaque has ...

For those who wonder about Clay’s unique design, his Japanese name, Dogurou, holds the secret. Dogu are ancient clay figures, often depicting humans or animals, from Japan’s Jōmon period.

Maybe you have Japanese heritage you want to celebrate, or you're adopting a Japanese dog breed like an Akita or Shiba Inu.

Starting with submissive animals, individuals from the first group were introduced step by step to the second one. A new group was successfully formed without severe fighting, and in a year began to ...

A Japanese macaque, more commonly known as a snow monkey, found itself at the center of a daring escape in Scotland. Named Honshu, after the largest island of Japan, this intrepid ... escapade was not ...

The other known instance is among the Japanese macaques on Japan's Kōjima Island. In the 1950s, researchers studying the animals lured them toward the beach with wheat and sweet potatoes to ...

As early as the 1920s, some native mammals of South America, Asia and Africa have been introduced to Texas; now many of them ...

OKAY, WELL, THERE ARE THREE ANIMALS VYING FOR THIS TITLE AFTER ... Kitsi, an 18-year-old Japanese macaque, is the eldest candidate, and he is known for his experience and wisdom.