The 6-week-old patas monkey named Yuji was born on March 3 in Mexico Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment and human interest stories.

A six-month-old baby monkey named Yuji is the second primate to capture hearts across the internet recently for taking comfort in the arms of a stuffed animal. The plush-cuddling patas monkey, who ...

Veterinarians check Yuji, a patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) born in early March, being cared for at the Guadalajara Zoo's Integral Centre of Animal Medicine and Wellbeing (CIMBA) after his mother ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate ...

Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was rejected by his own ...

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey in Mexico, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog. More than a toy, this plush companion acts as a surrogate mom after the tiny primate was ...