Articles related to "Hoolock Gibbon"

Female Hoolock's release may indicate a method of establishing new populations in areas of Asia where this critically endangered primate has disappeared.

Endangered primate conservation specialists use the list to raise awareness and to monitor progress in each species' recovery. Five species are only recently discovered.

Tree dwelling lesser ape species, once found throughout Asia, are declining in most of their range as habitat fragmentation and pet trade put many on the endangered list.

White-handed gibbons are threatened throughout their range in Southeast Asia but few people even know the species exists. Other gibbons may be facing extinction as well.

Slowing the rate of deforestation will be key to survival of this silvery ape. Javan gibbons from the pet trade become part of captive breeding or translocation programs.