Images of him being bullied by his enclosure-mates, retreating to safety and clinging to a plushie look-alike for comfort won hearts around the world. But finally, Punch the monkey is fitting in.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother ...

Punch, a Japanese macaque, stole the hearts of millions after he was abandoned by his mom and rejected by some of his peers. Now, things are looking up for him.

Despite signs of progress, Punch still spends stretches of time alone and occasionally faces rough play from older monkeys.

The zoo noted that 'a few high-ranking macaques have demonstrated aggression more frequently' and were removed from the habitat on March 8 ...

Over the past few weeks, a baby macaque at Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo named Punch has taken the internet by storm. Viral ...

A baby macaque who has gone viral online has been a tourism drawcard for a zoo in Japan. Punch the six-month old macaque took ...

Punch, a baby macaque abandoned at birth at a zoo near Tokyo, is relying less on the oversized orangutan plush toy that once comforted him. He is spending more time among adult monkeys. He has been ...

H IS TROUBLES began the moment he was born. His mother rejected him. He struggled to fit in with his peers: they bullied him and dragged him around by his hair. His only source of comfort was a plushy ...

According to one spectator from Business Insider, Punch is so popular that his visits from the public are limited to 10 ...

Well, that is what happens in a viral video that recently appeared on social media, and the internet can't get enough of the interaction between a certain monkey and a human. 🐾 SIGN UP to get ...

Viral baby monkey’s new behavior sparks questions about imitation.