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

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Snow Monkey Sake Remix, a new ready-to-drink canned beverage produced by Hot Springs-based Origami Sake, now has something even more unique going for it -- support for actual monkeys. Released in May, ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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