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

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 ...

Likweli is easy to miss, even for people who know central Africa’s forests well. The small black monkey lives high in dense canopy, moves quietly, and occupies a narrow corner of the Democratic ...

Scientists have identified a new species of monkey in the forests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is just the fifth new species of African monkey discovered in the last 75 years.

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 new species of monkey with an orange patch on its lips was discovered living in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic ...

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

People at eight of those villages recognized the orange-mouthed monkey. Those from the Balanga ethnic group called it Likweli. The researchers determined that the Likweli monkey is constrained to a ...

In the jungle of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a team of researchers discover a new species of monkey, and form a deep friendship along the way.

The 'Likweli' marks the second species discovered in the past 15 years around the Lomami River, in a remote and thickly forested part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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

A newly discovered species of monkey with distinctive orange lips has been discovered deep in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).