A species of monkey discovered in the highland forests of Tanzania last year is so unique that it's been assigned its own genus, scientists said today. The finding, detailed in this week's issue of ...

In January 2006, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society were in the forests of Tanzania searching for a grayish, tree-dwelling primate that had been identified in photographs as a new ...

A monkey found living in Africa last year deserves its own genus, say scientists who call note it's the first such naming of an African primate in 83 years. Amonkey found living in Tanzania in2005 ...

NEW YORK (EMBARGOED: NOT FOR RELEASE UNTIL 2:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME THURSDAY, 11 MAY) – A new monkey species discovered last year by scientists with the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS ...

A recently discovered type of African monkey is different enough from others that it needs to be listed in a separate genus, scientists have decided. The monkey, which lives in Tanzania, was first ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The discovery of the Popa langur, a medium-sized leaf-eating monkey found in central Myanmar, was ...

Introduction / Christina J. Campbell -- Morphology and evolution of the spider monkey, genus Ateles / Alfred L. Rosenberger ... [et al.] -- The taxonomic status of spider monkeys in the twenty-first ...

In 2011, Julio César Dalponte noticed a peculiar looking titi monkey on the bank of the Roosevelt River in Mato Grasso, Brazil. Titi monkeys, genus Callicebus, are common throughout South America, but ...

A newly discovered species of titi monkey purrs like a cat and looks like a leprechaun. Although it was first spotted in 1976 by biologist Martin Moynihan in the southern Caqueta province of Colombia, ...

Scientists have described a new genus of monkey - the first for 83 years. The Rungwecebus kipunji sports a distinctive Mohawk stripe of hair, and is found in Tanzania, Africa. The monkey, first ...