Siamangs are the largest of the 20 gibbon species, and belong to their own genus, Symphalangus. Distributed across Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and the southernmost part of Thailand, their ...

Famed for their free-flow swinging through the forest canopy, gibbons are being relentlessly shot, stolen and incarcerated to supply an escalating illegal pet trade that targets babies in particular.

Jorhat/Guwahati: The serene dew-covered dawn is broken with loud, shrill songs in the dense, green forests of Jorhat’s Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in Assam. The western hoolock gibbons — the only non ...