The intrinsic information-seeking impulse we call curiosity is independent of extrinsic rewards, such as food or mating opportunities. Curiosity is purely the pursuit of understanding the unknown, ...

In the foothills of Japan’s Northern Alps, people in bright orange vests ring bells, blow whistles and strike rocks and trees with walking sticks as they as they weave through bamboo and brush in ...

Little Punch, a seven-month-old Japanese macaque living in the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, has captured hearts on the internet. Abandoned by his mother in the first few days of his life and raised by ...

A baby monkey named Punch is struggling to find acceptance in his macaque enclosure in a Japanese zoo, and endeared social media users are fully on his side. Punch, who was abandoned by his mother ...

Punch the Monkey brought the Internet to tears. The baby macaque at the Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan was abandoned by his mother and bullied by his fellow snow monkeys, leading him to cling to a plush ...