Half of the 6,000 remaining Zanzibar red colobus monkeys, a species endemic to the island, are found in Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park, where getting hit by a vehicle is a leading cause of their ...

The endangered Zanzibar red colobus is a rare primate that lives only in the Zanzibar archipelago. New research from Bangor University primatologists, national park managers from Zanzibar, and the ...

A species of monkey thought likely to be extinct may still be swinging through the trees in Africa, according to an anthropologist. The Miss Waldron’s red colobus monkey was declared likely extinct in ...

Camera traps installed in December 2024 in a community conservation area in the Niger Delta have captured the first videos of elusive and critically endangered red colobus monkeys. The news comes ...

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 ...

This video is a vivid reminder that we need to act now to preserve our planet’s vital habitats and threatened species like Bouvier’s red colobus as well as the extraordinary wildlife diversity that ...

A video of a woman being met by an unexpected guest during a tour of a home has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was shared by @mariaperlopz and has amassed more than 33.7 million views since it was ...

Red colobus monkeys living in a park in western Uganda harbored antibodies to an unknown orthopoxvirus, a pathogen that is related to the viruses that cause smallpox, monkeypox and cowpox. Disclaimer: ...

Welcome back, Bouvier's red colobus monkey. It's been a while. The African primate hasn't been seen since the 1970s and was assumed to have become extinct. But, in a statement released late last week, ...

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A colobus monkey, Mahale, has died at the Great Plains Zoo just days after she turned 21, the zoo said in a news release today. The cause of death has not yet been ...

The Pennant's red colobus (Procolobus pennantii), a monkey species endemic to Bioko, is restricted to the remote southwest of the island. Pennant's red colobus is frequently listed among the ...