A monkey that was previously confused with other African colobus monkeys has just been officially described as a new species.

Likweli is easy to miss, even for people who know central Africa’s forests well. The small black monkey lives high in dense ...

Scientists just named a secretive monkey hiding in the Congo rainforest, but the creature faces a race against time before it ...

Hearing that a new primate species has been named is exciting news for scientists because primates across the world are in ...

Hearing that a new primate species has been named is exciting news for scientists because primates across the world are in ...

Scientists have confirmed a new monkey species, the Likweli, in Congo's rainforest. This elusive primate, known for its ...

The creatures, which weigh about the same as a small dog, have spiky black hair, orange-cream skin around their mouths and a ...

A new species of colobus monkey has been identified, becoming just the 5th such occasion in 75 years of research on the ...

A black colobus monkey from a remote part of the Congo Basin rainforest, known locally as likweli, is thought to be severely ...

Over the past 75 years, only a handful of new monkey species have been discovered in Africa—but now a new one has been found.

A “remarkable” African monkey with a distinct orange patch around its mouth and a deep, croaky roar, found in the Democratic ...

Many people have never heard of a red colobus, yet they are Africa's most imperiled group of monkeys. There are 17 species of red colobus found in tropical forests from Senegal in west Africa to the ...