Victoria Gill
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first heard Jul 2026
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The sea off the coast of East Greenland used to be covered in ice year round.
Now as it warms and melts completely in the summer, the waters have opened up to new visitors, some of the world's largest whales and the fish that they feed on.
The scientists combined aerial surveys, satellite tagging, and observations from local Inuit communities to track them, and the change has been dramatic.
Surveys didn't record a single humpback whale sighting in the region until two thousand six.
In two thousand seven, seven humpbacks were seen, and by twenty twenty four there were one hundred and fifty sightings of the giant whales from ships.
Now fin whales, humpbacks and minky whales come to East Greenland in their thousands to feed.
The researchers say this is a huge climate driven shift, with some easily adapting, while other Arctic species, including beluga, narwhals and walruses, all of which need the ice to hide from predators or to breed, are being edged out.
This search started with one blurry photograph of an unusual-looking monkey taken nearly 20 years ago.
That led scientists to set out with cameras, microphones and genetic tests that have now confirmed that this primate, with black fur and pinkish-orange lips, is a distinct species.
It belongs to the wider group of colobus monkeys, plant-eating primates that don't have thumbs and that live high in the tree canopy.
Its bright facial colouring could be a visual signal, perhaps to help attract a mate.
The monkeys also have a unique call to announce their presence in dense forest.
The team chose the Latin name Colobus congoensis in recognition of the natural diversity in DRC.
They hope that now the animals are officially a new species, they can be formally protected.
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