The Force is strong with this adorable newly-discovered gibbon species. Thanks to some Star Wars-loving scientists, the new species in southwest China has been named in honor of our favorite hero from ...

LONDON — Researchers in China claim they have identified a new species of gibbon in the remote forests along its border with Burma — and have named it after Star Wars character Luke Skywalker.

Furry creatures are a constant sight in the Star Wars universe, so it shouldn’t come as much of a shock that a newly discovered species of gibbon has been named after one of the main characters of the ...

The force is strong with this one. A new species of primate has been discovered in Myanmar and southwestern China that scientists are calling the Skywalker hoolock gibbon, a reference to the famous ...

A newly-discovered species of gibbon should be named in honor of Luke Skywalker, say the Star Wars-loving scientists who found it. News about the Skywalker hoolock gibbon, which lives in forests in ...

New animal species are popping up in the wilderness all the time, many of which have probably been there for a really long time and just went unnoticed. The latest to be discovered by biologists is a ...

A newly recognized primate that lives in eastern Myanmar and southwestern China has been named after Star Wars' Luke Skywalker. The scientists who discovered the animal decided to choose the name ...

The western hoolock gibbon is a globally endangered species but in Bangladesh is considered critically endangered, due to continued habitat depletion, hunting and trafficking. According to a 2021 ...

Hoolock gibbon habitat has declined in the past few decades, but enough suitable patches exist today to guarantee the long-term survival of the genus if properly conserved. Particular populations are ...

Hoolock hoolock (the western hoolock gibbon) is a species of the family Hylobatidae (small apes), which constitutes the superfamily Hominoidea (hominoids) together with Hominidae (great apes and human ...

There's a new jungle Jedi out there. Scientists who discovered a new primate, which lives in eastern Myanmar and southwestern China, are such big Star Wars fans, they named the ape after Luke ...

The Force is strong with this adorable newly-discovered gibbon species. Thanks to some Star Wars-loving scientists, the new species in southwest China has been named in honor of our favorite hero from ...