A Leicester geneticist working with ape specialists at Twycross Zoo has developed a test which could help preserve highly vulnerable gibbon populations from extinction.

AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Zoo has announced that its baby white-cheeked gibbon, a critically endangered species, has a name. Following a public naming contest, the baby gibbon is named Leuco, which zoo ...

Gibbons are found across Asia, with several species -- including the Hainan black crested gibbon and the Cao-vit crested gibbon -- being threatened by imminent extinction.

A tiny baby cao vit gibbon was spotted with its mom in northern Vietnam, it belongs to a critically endangered species and was newly born ...

Siamangs are the largest gibbon species with black fur, long arms, and opposable thumbs and toes. Unlike many species in the wild, siamangs form tight family bonds, with the father playing a ...

We want to have these guys (the species) for a hundred years or more.” Rather than the gray gibbon, zoos will instead focus on four other gibbons: Javan, white-handed, white-cheeked and siamang.

But since the Cao-vit gibbon’s rediscovery in Vietnam in 2002, and the setting up of the community conservation team, Fauna & Flora has not recorded any cases of the species being hunted, Nguyen ...

All gibbon species are listed under Appendix I of the CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, meaning their commercial trade is prohibited internationally.

A tiny baby cao vit gibbon was spotted with its mom in northern Vietnam, it belongs to a critically endangered species and was newly born ...

An endangered siamang baby gibbon was born at Zoo Tampa on Oct. 27, the zoo announced.

A tiny baby cao vit gibbon was spotted with its mom in northern Vietnam, it belongs to a critically endangered species and was newly born ...

A tiny baby cao vit gibbon was spotted with its mom in northern Vietnam, it belongs to a critically endangered species and was newly born ...