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 ...

A heart‑melting clip shows a baby snow monkey swimming at The Snow Monkey Park (Jigokudani Monkey Park), the world‑famous ...

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 ...

Our readers have been traveling far and wide — trekking through the Amazon, cycling Oregon bike trails, exploring Old Montreal — and sharing their travel adventures with us via photos, stories and ...

Japanese macaques gather at a hot spring in the snow at Jigokudani Monkey Park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Sunday. The macaques spend long periods resting close together during the coldest ...

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 ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...