The newly discovered Popa langur monkey species in Myanmar's central forest is critically endangered, with only 200-260 ...

Scientists have found a new monkey species! That's the good news. The bad news is that only a couple of hundred are left.

Hoo Zoo hopes their arrival will educate people about the importance of rainforest conservation.

Like other langur species, they have a tuft of fur on their ... Normally, discovering a new monkey is a celebrated scientific event, but Popa langurs face significant threats to their long-term ...

The order Primates consists of not only our closest relatives on earth, the seven great apes, but also over 450 species of monkeys ... rely on them to identify new lineages.

More specifically, the primate was a one-month-old spider monkey in a onesie. While the exact species isn’t clear (the genus includes seven types), they are all considered threatened or ...

Raised in Scotland, he went on to spend most of his life impassioning students through teaching at Oxford University and travelling around the globe on missions to discover new species and explore ...

Vervet monkeys are native to a variety of habitats throughout sub-Saharan Africa. There are six species referred to as "vervet monkeys," with slight variations in appearance occur between them.

and the white-faced saki monkey. She is a wildlife correspondent for National Geographic, where she was also part of a research expedition that discovered a new species of lemur, considered to be ...