The black crested gibbon is native to China, northern Vietnam, and Laos. They’re typically between 17-21 inches long and weigh between 15 to 22 pounds.

Lar gibbons call out sounds that are synchronised and occur at regular intervals – a combination of rhythmic qualities that, until now, had only been seen in people. By James Dinneen.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – If you are at the Nashville Zoo in the morning, you will hear the signature sound of the Gibbons call. And if you head to the Primate Area, they will be entertaining.

The Santa Barbara Zoo’s longest current resident has died. The Zoo announced Friday that 47-year-old white-handed gibbon Jamine had lived with diabetes for the last nine years and exceeded her ...

Whatever you want to call it, the distinctive performance style of a female gibbon is a dance, researchers say. ... Gibbons are long-armed apes that live in Asian tropical forests.

Unless you live in the areas where the black crested gibbons call home, there’s little you can do directly. However, you can still support the efforts to help the apes.

According to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the black crested gibbon is now a Critically Endangered species. It’s unfortunate, considering the gibbon is one of the world’s most ...