The critically endangered red-shanked douc is an “urban avoider”—a species isolated within Da Nang, a bustling metropolis of 1.2 million. A red-shanked douc relaxes amid flowers on the Son ...

A large population of grey-shanked douc monkeys has been found in central Vietnam, raising hopes that the endangered species could be saved from extinction, wildlife scientists announced Tuesday.

This is a male langur, weighs 6.5 kg, with the scientific name as Pygatharix nemaeus. According to Trinh, the seller told him that this was a normal monkey so he bought it for VND3 million ($150) to ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Zoo says a 21-year-old red-shanked douc langur monkey has been euthanized due to a serious decline in health. The zoo says the female primate named Toi had a ...

The douc langur is a beautifully coloured monkey that weighs about five kilograms. Its population sharply decreased as a result of the war in Vietnam, when U.S. troops used pesticides to liquidate ...