In nature, Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys ... the trainers stripped off the monkeys’ diapers and shut them into red metal cages, where they live when not performing.

Yumi, a Japanese macaque, experienced her first snow. Zookeepers captured the curious baby monkey enjoying the moment on video. Yumi was born in August. The zoo said she's being closely cared for ...

The species is also on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (Photo: Xinhua) A snub-nosed monkey is pictured at the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve ...

A Japanese zoo has killed 57 snow monkeys by lethal injection, after they were found to be carrying genes of an "invasive alien species." One third of the monkeys at the Takagoyama Nature Zoo were ...

A snub-nosed monkey is pictured at the Baima Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve ... The species is also on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.