Possible new species of night monkey in the Aotus genus. Photo by: Alexander Pari. Every year scientists describe around 18,000 new species, but mammals make up less than half a…
A gray-footed chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. Remember the 'man with no name' played by Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of…
Counting wildlife may sound straight-forward, but achieving accurate estimates has plagued scientists for centuries, especially in difficult and dense environments like rainforest. Recently, one method to estimate leaf-eating primates was…
Close up of new species: lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis). This is a captive adult male. Photo courtesy of Hart et al. In a massive, wildlife-rich, and largely unexplored rainforest of the…
The Bornean elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis), a prospective subspecies of the Asian elephant, is the world's smallest. Photo by: Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC).…
Male Rhinopithecus strykeri snub-nosed monkey. Photo by Liu Pu Researchers have published the first evidence that a recently discovered monkey ranges into China, releasing pictures of the Rhinopithecus strykeri snub-nosed…
The Ecuadorian capuchin, a Critically Endangered subspecies of the white-fronted capuchin (Cebus albifrons), has been discovered in four new locations according to a new study in mongabay.com's open access journal…
The entrance to Shennongjia Nature Reserve. This month, nearly 40 scientists will enter a wild and remote region of western China, reports China's state media Xinhua. Spending several weeks in…
The IUCN Red List releases its 2012 update, adding 247 species to its threatened categories. The king cobra has been evaluated by the IUCN Red List for the first time…
Social ties are incredibly important for all primate species, forming close affiliations for support. Photo © Andew Walmsley Wildlife Photography North Sulawesi is one of the world's most beautiful places.…
Silvery marmoset. Photo courtesy of ZSL. The Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) Whipsnade Zoo is allowing its seven silvery marmosets (Mico argentatus) to roam the 600 acre facility freely. "It’s…
Scientists in China have located a second population of the Myanmar snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus strykeri), a primate that was only first discovered two years ago in Myanmar, also known as…
Gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) in Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Spanning the gamut from mouse lemurs to mountain gorillas, All The World’s Primates is a comprehensive database of…
Hidden animals and new species: over 100 years of discovery. An interview with Karl Shuker. The last thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger, is believed to have died in 1936. However many…
Scientists have called for the removal of eight invasive primates from Brazil's imperiled Atlantic Forest in a new study published in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Society (TCS). The…
Solitary male red-tailed monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) cause significant damage to cocoa crops in Uganda, according to a new study in mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Society (TCS). Researchers examined…
Aerial photographs of Talangaye oil palm nursery in Nguti subdivision of Herakles Farms planned oil palm plantation. Photographs taken in February 2012. Photographer wishes to remain anonymous. Eleven top scientists…
Newborn twin cottontop tamarins clinging to their parent's back. Photo courtesy of ZSL. Twin cottontop tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) were born in the Zoological Society of London's (ZSL) zoo in London…
Kedih di Sumatera. Foto oleh: Rhett A. Butler. Dengan warna bulu yang jelas dan ekspresi tenang terkadang nyaris melankolis, kedih (Presbytis thomasi) adalah salah satu primata Asia yang kurang dikenal.…
A brown-spider monkey in Selva de Florencia National Park. Photo courtesy of WCS. Researchers with The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Colombia’s National Parks Unit have located at least two…
Family group of Miller's grizzled langur in Wehea Forest. Photo by: Eric Fell. A significant population of the rarely seen, little-known Miller's grizzled langurs (Presbytis hosei canicrus) has been discovered…
Close-up from world's first photo of a living Myanmar snub-nosed monkey. Photo by: FFI/BANCA/PRCF. In 2010 researchers described a new species of primate that reportedly sneezes when it rains. Unfortunately,…
Rainforest of India's Western Ghats. All photos by Kalyan Varma. The rainforests of Western Ghats are home to some of the most wonderful creatures which are found only in these…
One of the world's top 25 most endangered primates: the roloway monkey (Cercopithecus diana roloway) photographed in the Munich Zoo. Saved from being converted into a vast palm oil plantation…
Young proboscis monkey. Photo courtesy of Rudi Delvaux/Danau Girang Field Center (DGFC)/Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD). The practice of palm oil plantations planting along rivers is leading to a decline in…
Baby Francois langur at ZSL A three-week-old Francois langur monkey that was rejected by its mother is now in the care of a zookeeper at the London Zoo, says the…
Thomas's leaf monkey in Sumatra. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. With unmistakable coloring and a philosophical, at times almost melancholy expression, the Thomas's leaf monkey (Presbytis thomasi) is one of…
Baby Francois langur looking at the world at the London zoo. Photo courtesy of ZSL. One of the world's most endangered primates recently gave birth to an orange-haired baby at…
A four-month old baby Bolivian gray titi monkey hangs from its mother at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS. The Bolivian gray titi…
New titi monkey discovered in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo © Júlio Dalponte. A new species of titi monkey has been discovered in the Brazilian Amazon. Found during a 2010 December…
