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A rope bridge restored a highway through the trees for endangered gibbons

Simple artificial structures could help reconnect forests fragmented by human activities

Hainan gibbon on a rope bridge

Simple rope bridges like this could help connect forests fragmented by human activities, a new study finds. That could be good news for critically endangered Hainan gibbons (one shown) and possibly other species

Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, B.P.L. Chan et al/Scientific Reports 2020

By Carolyn Wilke

- More than 2 years ago

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With acrobatic leaps, Hainan gibbons can cross a great gully carved by a 2014 landslide in the forest on China’s Hainan Island.