The 6-week-old patas monkey named Yuji was born on March 3 in Mexico ...

Don't worry Yuji the internet won't reject you ...

Yuji’s situation has its own details worth understanding, from how he ended up in assisted care to when he might join other ...

"To keep things sanitary, staff rotate between three toys - a dog, a bear and a monkey - so he always has a clean one." ...

Intervening was necessary to save Yuji’s life and without this care, the infant likely wouldn’t have survived in the wild.” ...

A Japanese macaque monkey abandoned by its mother as a newborn has found global fame after finding an unlikely friend in a stuffed orangutan toy. Seven-month-old “Punch” has garnered a huge fan club ...

This photo taken on February 19, 2026 shows a seven month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, sitting with a stuffed orangutan toy at Ichikawa ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You can't scroll through any of your social media feeds without seeing an outpouring of love and support for a tiny monkey on the ...

ICHIKAWA, Japan -- 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 the ...

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.