They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes. The macaques that bathe showed different lice distributions and gut ...

Japanese macaques are famous for soaking in hot springs during winter, but new research suggests this behavior may serve ...

Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy ...

Blank Park Zoo’s 1-month-old snow monkey has a name. The zoo has officially named the female primate Yumi (pronounced: you-me). She was born on Aug. 31. “This name, originating in Japan and Korea, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) – A baby monkey at the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa experienced her first snowfall, which was caught on camera. Des Moines, where the zoo is located, got about an inch of snow Monday.

WE WANT TO BE LIKE THAT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL. A NEW BABY MONKEY IS WINNING OVER HEARTS AT THE BLANK PARK ZOO. YEAH. WE’RE INTRODUCING YOU TO YUMI THIS EVENING. HER NAME MEANS BEAUTY AND ABUNDANCE. SHE ...

In the must-see video above, an adorable baby macaque got her first taste of snow at a zoo in Des Moines, Iowa, on Dec. 2. Footage filmed by the Blank Park Zoo shows the Japanese macaque, baby Yumi, ...

Blank Park Zoo is welcoming a baby snow monkey that was born late last month. The female baby Japanese macaque, commonly known as a snow monkey, was born Aug. 31. The baby is healthy and the mother is ...