inothernews:

MONKEY SEEN   A new species of monkey, known locally as wild lesula, has been identified by researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Similar to the owl-faced monkey except for its blue rear end, the new species was given the scientific name Cercopithecus lomamiensis, which roughly translates to “Look at my face.  Can’t you just hear me saying ‘This is not the monkey you’re looking for’?”   (Photo via The Daily Mail)

cog-nito:

Meet Luchie, a mangrove monkey who’s been in captivity for most of her life. Unfortunately this means she’s not fit for release. After we talked to the people of this facility they seem open to creating a bigger space for here in this mangrove. This facility also had sea turtles, luckily they are fit for release as they haven’t been there for long. Soon the release will happen, more updates on this soon. -Steve de Neef

(Source: ody-ssea)

scinerds:

Elusive Sneezing Monkeys Photographed in a First

A group of monkeys whose nostrils are so upturned they are said to sneeze audibly when it rains has been discovered in China, say researchers, who have now snapped the first photographic evidence of the snub-nosed monkeys there.

The monkey species, Rhinopithecus strykeri, was first reported to exist in October 2010. With no photographic evidence of a live specimen that year, the researchers made a Photoshop reconstruction of it based on a Yunnan snub-nosed monkey and a carcass of the newly discovered species.

At the time, scientists thought the species was limited to the Kachin state of northeastern Myanmar.