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 ...

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

A new monkey species with orange lips and a black face has been discovered. The black-furred primate, which lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, can be identified by facial ...

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).

SCIENTISTS have discovered a mysterious new species of monkey in the Congo rainforest – leaving experts baffled. The primate with strange orange lips and a pig-like snort was found hidden ...

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

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.

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

Meet Likweli: A remarkable new species of Colobus monkey. (Daniel Rosengren) When biologists discover a new species in the 21st century, it's usually because they've run new DNA analysis, peered more ...

A new species of monkey with an orange patch on its lips was discovered living in the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is considered "one of the rarest discoveries in modern ...

The black-furred primate was spotted in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and lives in the tropical forests of the forests in Lomami National Park.