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 ...

A black and white colobus monkey was born June 15 to parents Mokiki and Lewis, marking the first birth of the species at Woodland Park Zoo in 29 years. The baby, whose sex has not yet been determined, ...

Learn how a newborn's white coat helps relatives keep track of him as he grows into his adult black-and-white coloring.

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 ...

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 ...

Conservationists and scientists from almost 20 institutions in the United States, Europe, and Africa, have concluded that immediate conservation efforts to protect red colobus monkey species could ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident, and boy is he cute. The zoo announced Thursday that Teak, a black and white colobus monkey, was born Feb. 3. Colobus monkeys are born white with a ...

Family photos of baby colobus monkey at the Saint Louis Zoo A male black and white colobus monkey is held by his mother as they rest in a hammock at the Saint Louis Zoo on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colobus congensis, known locally as Likweli, has a dramatic black face with pinkish-orange lips. - Junior Amboko A new species of ...