The Zanzibar red colobus monkey is included on the World Conservation Union’s Red List as an endangered species. The designation is conferred by the union to species “facing an extremely high ...

Niger Delta red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus epieni) are endemic to the marshy woodlands of the Niger Delta, Africa’s largest mangrove forest. When the species was first described in 1993 ...

Colobus monkeys are native to the forests of Africa, where they form large groups called troops and scavenge for fruits, ...

Zanzibar red colobus monkeys venture into the human world to find charcoal. Zanzibar red colobus monkeys are facing deforestation of their native home range and as a result are turning to raiding ...

Researchers in Cameroon are aiming to use the red colobus monkey (Piliocolobus spp.) as both a standard-bearer for conservation and a barometer of forest health.

The 17 species of red colobus monkey living across Africa, including in the Tai Project field station region, have been singled out by scientists as a priority conservation target. Protection of ...

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania • A group of rare Zanzibar red colobus monkeys crashed recklessly through the trees, squealing as they pulled at each others' tails and raced across tree limbs that swayed ...

The 17 types of red colobus monkey living in Africa’s forests are among the first large mammals to be killed off by hunters. Protecting the red colobus could therefore protect the entire forest.

Meanwhile, Zanzibar’s red colobus monkey — driven to coastal mangroves by deforestation — can struggle to find the freshwater it needs, as Nowak reported in the American Journal of Primatology in 2008 ...

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania – A group of rare Zanzibar red colobus monkeys crashed recklessly through the trees, squealing as they pulled at each others' tails and raced across tree limbs that swayed ...

Niger Delta red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus epieni) are endemic to the marshy woodlands of the Niger Delta, Africa’s largest mangrove forest.