"When a potential new species is discovered, the evidence has to be overwhelming." ...

The creatures, which weigh about the same as a small dog, have spiky black hair, orange-cream skin around their mouths and a white patch on their rear ends. Scientists say that they're probably endang ...

A new species of monkey with distinctive orange lips and a deep roaring call has been identified in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

A canopy call, a partial photo and DNA revealed a new primate species — one that may already be at risk of extinction.

Hearing that a new primate species has been named is exciting news for scientists because primates across the world are in decline. According to the IUCN Red list, a global inventory of animal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Likweli monkey species lives in a small Congo forest range and faces growing threats from hunting and habitat loss. (CREDIT: ...

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 ...

The monkey — colobus congoensis — is only the fifth new species of African monkey to be discovered in the past 75 years.

Researchers found the Colobus congoensis monkey, known locally as Likweli, in the forests of Lomami National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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 ...

For years, people living near the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo had spoken about an unusual monkey they called the Likweli. It was known locally, but outside those communities it ...