New, colorful monkey species discovered in Africa rain forest

Gorgeous animal has blond mane, bright red patch on lower back and, for guys, a blue rump

Hart et al. / PLOS ONE

 

This captive adult male represents the new monkey species known as the lesula, or Cercopithecus lomamiensis.

A shy, brightly colored monkey species has been found living in the lush rain forests at the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a find that utterly surprised the researchers who came upon it. 

"When I first saw it, I immediately knew it was something new and different — I just didn't know how significant it was," said John Hart, a veteran Congo researcher who is scientific director for the Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation, based in Kinshasa.

Safety class is required for students to get parking

Not long before Corey Murphy became principal of Beaufort High School in South Carolina in July, two students were killed and a third seriously injured in a car crash. Murphy decided it was time for an "intervention."

From that point on, students who wanted to be able to park their cars at the school would be required to take a driving safety course called Alive at 25, developed by the National Safety Council.

"Every day, I've got the largest group of at-risk drivers in this county in my parking lot," Murphy said. "I'd like to think that they've been taught at least once what to do and not do behind the wheel."

Beaufort High became one of 103 South Carolina schools to offer the course -- one of 25 new ones this year and one of 72 that require it for parking privileges, according to Brooke Russell, executive director of the state's chapter of the National Safety Council.