In the depths of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a new species of colobus monkey has been discovered. This represents only the fifth new species of monkey to be described in the past 75 years, ...

A new endangered monkey species with a conspicuous orange patch around the mouth has been discovered in the dense forests of Congo, shedding light on the richness of the region's yet-to-be-documented ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown species of monkey with striking orange lips, mask-like facial markings and distinctive roaring calls in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of ...

A new species of monkey with distinctive orange lips and a deep roaring call has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Colobus congoensis, known to local people as Likweli, is ...

In 2008, a team of researchers working in the Congo Basin snapped a blurry picture of a funny-looking monkey. While it resembled monkeys of the genus Colobus, its small size, glossy black fur, ...

In 2008, wildlife researchers surveying a massive, underexplored forested region in the Democratic Republic of Congo photographed a black monkey. That region eventually became Lomami National Park.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The newly described monkey has orange lips and a patch of white fur around the anus. | Credit: Daniel Rosengren, Frankfurt ...

An international team of scientists, including Yale researchers, has described a new Colobus monkey species inhabiting high forest canopies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It is just the ...

You’re a scientist working in the Congo Basin, one of the world’s largest rainforests, when a flash of orange catches your eye. You assume it’s nothing new ...

A newborn colobus monkey is sticking close to his mom as he “begins to take in the sights, sounds, and smells of his new environment” in Utah, officials said.

Researchers in Cameroon are aiming to use the red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus spp.) as both a standard-bearer for conservation and a barometer of forest health. Red colobus are tree-dwelling monkeys ...