Consumption of fish in monkeys has been thought of to be a rare occurrence, potentially even happening accidentally. However, through fecal studies of Japanese macaques in the Kamikochi area, evidence ...

They lounge in hot tubs, have active sex lives, and sometimes, take joyrides. Macaques are living the life. Photographer Atsuyuki Ohshima captured a rare photo of one monkey's cowboy behavior. The ...

In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima, a male macaque jumped up onto the back of a female sika deer and started trying to mate with it. At the time, researchers believed that the male’s low ...

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Actively hunting for fish during winter in the Japanese Alps may have evolutionary and behavioral implications for the Japanese macaques in the Kamikochi region Upon further studying using film and ...