A love of sliding into the bath to decompress after a stressful day is something humans share with their primate cousins, according to a new study into hot spring monkeys. Researchers wanted to ...

Japanese snow monkeys have been observed since the 1960s to take advantage of hot springs in Japan when the temperatures drop. In humans, we know that a hot bath can reduce the levels of stress ...

The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Others of their species ...

Japanese macaques, or "snow monkeys," have been spotted taking baths in man-made hot springs during winter for decades. Now, researchers have discovered exactly why the monkeys do this. The results ...

IN WINTER, everyone loves a nice soak in a hot spring — including a snow monkey in Japan. Properly known as the Japanese macaque, these monkeys live in northern Japan where snow cloaks the land for ...

April 3 (UPI) --According to a new study, Japan's snow monkeys use the spa just like humans do, to stay warm and relieve stress. Outside of humans, Japanese macaques, Macaca fuscata, are the ...

Image: 猿蔵, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you’ve never experienced the wonder that is lounging in a hot tub in the freezing cold, you’re missing out. Image: Wikimedia Commons Just check out ...

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 ...

The Japanese macaques (or "snow monkeys") bathing in the man-made hot springs at Jigokudani in Japan has become a regular sight for locals and tourists. They're the only group of monkey who take hot ...

The snow monkeys of Japan are famous, as monkeys go. This troop of Japanese macaques lives in the north, near Nagano, the mountainous, snowy site of the 1998 Winter Olympics. Others of their species ...