While bringing new life into the world is often viewed as one of life's most joyful moments, childbirth continues to pose serious risks for women - with more than 287,000 maternal deaths recorded ...

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 ...

Witness the striking beauty and emotion of the Japanese snow monkey. In the freezing mountains, these intelligent primates ...