A group of volunteers have spent the past three years guarding a troupe of 60 endangered grey-shanked douc langurs in Quang Nam Province. At 6 a.m. Monday, Nguyen Du, Nguyen Hai and Luong Thanh Van, ...

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Troops of black-shank douc langurs that appeared on the seaside in Ninh Thuan Province are being closely monitored and protected. More than 200 douc langurs, an endangered primate species, have ...

Researchers surveying forested mountains in south-central Vietnam have located a new subpopulation of gray-shanked douc langurs, a critically endangered monkey species. The discovery is a sign that ...

For the critically endangered red-shanked douc, proximity to an urban center has had surprising benefits Red-shanked doucs are adept communicators, growling with a fixed stare when they’re threatened, ...

A beloved member of the Philadelphia Zoo’s primate population, the last of her kind in North America, has died. The zoo humanely euthanized Toi on Wednesday after a recent serious health decline, ...

More people have rushed to Son Tra Peninsular in Danang City to capture photos of red-shanked douc langurs, raising concerns that this would affect their living environment. More people have rushed to ...

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 Tra ...

VietNamNet Bridge - The tourism boom in Son Tra peninsula may damage the ecological system and threaten the habitat of the red-shanked douc, considered the symbol of Da Nang City, experts say.

A baby Black-shanked douc langur was found abandoned in the forest in Mondulkiri but was placed under immediate care. A young male Black-shanked douc langur was rescued by members of the Mobile ...

With a recorded total population speeding towards fewer than 2,000, the critically endangered gray-shanked douc langur (Pygathrix cinerea) is one of Vietnam’s rarest primates – but the discovery of a ...

Conservationists surveying upland forests in central Vietnam have located a new subpopulation of critically endangered gray-shanked douc langurs. Fewer than 2,400 individuals are thought to remain in ...