The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Others of their species ...

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 these iconic ...

YAMANOUCHI, Japan -- The scene is rugged. Cliffs jut up from around a snow-fed stream, then taper off into rolling evergreen forests and, farther off, into the frosted peaks of the central Japan Alps.

A new study published in Science Daily finds Japan's macaques (their "snow monkeys") have not only been visiting the Jigokudani Monkey Park and its hot springs for decades because they are cold and ...

2 hours from Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town ...

After the first big snowfall of the year, dozens of wild Japanese monkeys escaped to the warmth of a hot spring at the Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park on Monday. Japanese monkeys are the only ones known ...

Yamanouchi is the gateway to the Shiga Kogen ski region (Annabel Grossman/The Independent) Yamanouchi is perhaps best known for its snow monkeys – the Japanese macaque that are drawn to the hot ...

Tourists flock to see the macaques bathe in natural hot springs to survive the cold, but concerns about the animals' welfare ...

Snow monkeys living in one of the world's coldest regions survive by 'going fishing' -- scooping live animals, including brown trout, out of Japanese rivers and eating them to stay alive, a new study ...