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A lonely baby monkey named Punch broke the internet, but what does it say about us?

This photo taken on February 19, 2026 shows a 7 month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth, spending time with a stuffed orangutan toy at Ichikawa City Zoo and Botanical Gardens in Chiba Prefecture. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP)

Captain can’t save team from losing in Turkish football final but saves seagull on pitch

Turkish footballer Gani Catan performing chest compressions on a seagull struck by the bird during a match.

Japan zoo’s lonely baby monkey Punch wins hearts, and even a few friends

Punch, a 7-month-old macaque, plays with another monkey at Ichikawa City Zoo in Ichikawa, near Tokyo, on Feb 19, 2026.

Who let the dog out? Nazgul the wolfdog wins hearts at Winter Olympics

An Omega photo-finish camera captures a dog crossing the cross-country skiing finish line after it ran onto the course during the competition.

Stowaway raccoon from US finds new home in Belarus

The raccoon, named Senya, is now housed in an animal park in Baranovichi city in western Belarus.

Baboon siblings get jealous just like human kids: Scientists

Young baboons were more likely to interrupt their mother when she was grooming one of their siblings than when she was just resting.

Raccoon stows away from US to Belarus in shipped car

‘Yishun spirit’: Residents rally together to rescue kitten trapped in drain pipe

A group of at least five people rescued a kitten trapped in a drain in Yishun.

‘Buck looking for bucks’: Deer rescued from US bank after triggering robbery alarm

After a pursuit that is more Bambi on ice than The Deer Hunter, the police officers eventually subdued the buck.

Canine prodigies can develop vocabularies like toddlers

Basket (left) and Raffy, both border collies, know the names of many toys.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.