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 ...

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 ...

British travel photographer Peter Adams took the pictures of the macaques in Jigokudani Park, in Nagano, Japan Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our newsletter We ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

When home is a freezing cold Japanese mountain range you can't beat a nice, hot, relaxing bath to take the edge off. And if you're in any doubt, just look at how contented these monkeys appear to be.