New species of monkey described
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NEW YORK - A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the forests of northeastern India. The Arunachal macaque has a dark face and is relatively large with a shorter tail than most macaques.
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A species of monkey unknown to science has been discovered in Arunachal Pradesh, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.
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NEW YORK Scientists from India working in the Himalayas have discovered a new species of monkey, a stocky, short-tailed, brown-haired creature they have named the Macaca munzala, or Arunachal macaque.
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A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in the remote northeastern region of India, according to the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
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Scientists believe they may have found the remains of an extinct species of ape that would be the last common ancestor humans shared with chimpanzees, gorillas and other primates during a dig in Spain.
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An ape that lived 13 million years  ago in what is now Spain may have been the last common ancestor  of all apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and  humans, researchers said on Thursday.
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New research suggest that the platypus diverged from its closest relatives much earlier than previously thought.
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An ape that lived 13 million years ago in what is now Spain may have been the last common ancestor of all apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans, Spanish researchers say.
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A third of the 394 known species of apes, monkeys, lemurs and other groups are listed as threatened with extinction in a new report from the World Conservation Union.
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Manila - A new species of flightless bird has been discovered living on a tiny island in the northern Philippines where the inhabitants formerly ate them, scientists and birdwatchers said on Tuesday.
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A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila, it was reported Monday.
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Dozens of new species of animals and  plants including a catfish with protruding teeth and a tree  frog with striking bright green eyes have been found in the  past year in the forests of Borneo, a WWF report said on  Tuesday.
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Studying the zebra fish spinal cord, grooming habits of the Barbary macaque and the regional impact of dams.
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In Spain scientists have discovered 13-million-year-old fossils of new species of ape. The species may have been the last common ancestor of humans and all great apes living today. Photo Gallery.
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New Delhi - Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey in north-eastern India, 101 years after the last species of its kind was found, a member of the investigating team said on Thursday.
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Palaeontologists, reporting an extraordinarily rare fossil find, say they have uncovered a nearly complete skeleton of a hominid child who lived at a key stage in primate evolution more than three million years ago.
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The fossil of an ancient species of ape, discovered at a construction site in western Spain, has revealed that great apes went through more evolutionary stages than previously thought.