They found that bathing in hot springs subtly reshapes the snow monkeys’ relationships with their parasites and gut microbes.
Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy ...
Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy ...
Tourists flock to see the macaques bathe in natural hot springs to survive the cold, but concerns about the animals' welfare ...
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.
A viral video shows invasive rhesus macaque monkeys at Florida's Silver Springs State Park. The monkeys were introduced in the 1930s by a cruise operator and have since established a wild population.