A monkey sanctuary has closed after more than 60 years after plans for a buyer fell through. Wild Futures said on its social media, external and website, external the park, near Looe, in Cornwall, had ...

Punch the monkey captured hearts worldwide when gut-wrenching photos emerged of him cuddling a soft toy after being abandoned by his mum and shunned by the other monkeys at his zoo. The tiny primate, ...

High in the forested canopy of Democratic Republic of Congo, an all-black monkey turned its back to a photographer’s camera. The partial image taken in 2008 revealed little more than the monkey’s dark ...

Punch, the monkey who was abandoned by his mother after being born, is growing up. He celebrated his first birthday on Sunday with about 2,500 cards from around the world. The letters are on display ...

Now settled among more than 60 monkeys on Monkey Mountain, Punch depends on his toy less each day Punch, a Japanese macaque abandoned at birth, bonded with a plush orangutan that helped him survive ...

A newly discovered species of monkey with distinctive orange lips has been discovered deep in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The small primate, called Colobus congoensis, was ...

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 monkey species featuring striking orange lips has been confirmed in Africa - almost 20 years after it was first sighted. The small, black-furred and long-tailed primate is part of the Colobus ...

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A newly discovered species of monkey with striking orange lips has been found in the east-central Democratic Republic of Congo. The monkey — Colobus congoensis — is only the fifth new species of ...

A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face - and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo - has been confirmed as a new species to science. The black-furred ...

The monkey, known locally as "Likweli", has distinctive pinkish-orange lips A monkey that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face - and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of ...