Monkeys of the Atlantic Forest Pocket Information Guide
The Primate Specialist Group and Conservation International have published the second in a series of pocket guides for primate identification — this one focusing on the monkeys of Brazil's Atlantic Forest, including a dozen species which are now Endangered or Critically Endangered.

Primates in Peril: Top 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2006-2008
The new edition of the Top 25 report has been released, highlighting some of the world's most critically imperiled primate taxa — including the world's smallest galago (Galagoides rondoensis), the recently discovered kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji), and the virtually extinct Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus).

Great Ape Conservation on Minnesota Public Radio — October 11
Peter Walsh of the Max Planck Institute and Michael Hoffmann of the IUCN will be interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio this Thursday, October 11, for a discussion about the impact of Ebola on the western gorilla and its recent reassessment as Critically Endangered.

Best Practice Guidelines for Great Ape Re-introductions
The second report in the best-practices series has been published online — the first set of re-introduction protocols specifically designed for great apes, taking into account their strength, mobility and singular intelligence.

Best Practice Guidelines to Reduce the Impact of Logging
A new series of expert guidelines has been launched to address key challenges in great ape conservation. The first report in the series focuses on one of the greatest threats to the apes of Western Equatorial Africa: widespread mechanized logging operations across immense stretches of critical great ape habitat.

The Vietnamese Journal of Primatology
The first issue is published of a new journal devoted to primate research in Vietnam and the neighboring countries of Cambodia, China and Laos.

New Population of Pygathrix cinerea discovered in Vietnam
A joint team of conservation scientists has discovered a substantial new population of grey-shanked doucs — giving new hope for the future of this Critically Endangered primate.

Molecular Research Reveals New Species of Avahi
Turning their attention to the genus Avahi, the conservation geneticists of the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo have described a new species of woolly lemur.

PAG: The Pitheciine Action Group
A team of Neotropical primatologists has created a working group dedicated to the pitheciines — Callicebus, Cacajao, Chiropotes and Pithecia. Learn more about this new component of the Primate Specialist Group, including their plans for a newsletter, a website and a forthcoming book on the evolution and conservation of the pitheciines.

Lemurs of Madagascar Pocket Information Guide
An updated version of the popular lemur pocket guide is now available from Conservation International, with illustrations and range maps for 93 species and subspecies of lemurs.

Action Plan for the Cross River Gorilla
The Primate Specialist Group has just published a comprehensive action plan for the Cross River Gorilla — one of the Top 25 Most Endangered Primates, and the rarest of the world's great apes.

New Great Apes Resource:
The Ape Populations, Environments and Surveys Database
A new database has been launched supporting conservation strategies and long-term management of the great apes.

Eleven New Species of Lepilemur Described
A comprehensive phylogenetic study provides molecular evidence for 11 new species of sportive lemur.

New Species of Sportive Lemur Named for PSG Chairman
A newly discovered species of Lepilemur has been described and named for Dr. Russell Mittermeier, as reported in the June 2006 Edition of Lemur News.

New List of Top 25 Most Endangered Primates
At the 21st Congress of the International Primatological Society in Entebbe, Uganda, primatologists chose an updated list of the world's most endangered primates.

New Species of Lemur Named for PSG Chairman
A recently discovered species of mouse lemur has been named in honor of Dr. Russell Mittermeier, Chairman of the Primate Specialist Group. A new paper in the International Journal of Primatology has revised the genus and described three new species, including Microcebus mittermeieri.

New Book: The Lemurs of Madagascar
Lemurs are found nowhere but in Madagascar — and nowhere but in The Lemurs of Madagascar can you find an up-to-date listing of every known species and where to look for each of them. Madagascar is one of the world's richest countries in primate biodiversity, and this book will guide you in your explorations, with detailed profiles of the seventy-one species known so far. Published at the beginning of 2006, this is the most current and comprehensive guide to the lemurs in print — and it's not available on Amazon.com.

Five New Primates in 2005
An unprecedented five new primate species were described in 2005 — three lemurs, a macaque and a mangabey. But their presentation to the world was not without controversy, and some biologists have argued that several of these species are invalid. In this essay, Anthony Rylands reviews these discoveries and considers the question at hand — can a species be named without a type specimen?