There are about 1,500 western black-crested gibbons in the world. The critically endangered species is under first-class state protection in China. To better protect and monitor the gibbons, the first challenge is to let them get used to humans. Located in Wuliang Mountains National Nature Reserve is China's first field monitoring station for these gibbons. Batches of monitors follow the rhythm of the gibbons.

About Journeys in Nature: Tracking the Gibbon

The western black-crested gibbon, which lives in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Laos and Vietnam, is a critically endangered species in the country. More people become interested in the species as China pays greater attention to animal protection. Follow our Journeys in Nature series to learn more about the gibbon family in the deep forest.

For more:

Tracking the Gibbon | Episode 1: Following the sound

Tracking the Gibbon | Episode 2: Gibbon chaser

(Cover image a still from a video shot by CGTN Nature's film crew)