The future of the world's rarest apes look just a little bit brighter given the recent discovery of a new family group in Bawangling National Nature Reserve in China.
Until last month, it was thought that there were just 25 Hainan Gibbons (Nomascus hainanus) living in three social groups on an island off the Chinese mainland.
The discovery of a new fourth group, by a team led by international conservation charity the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), has increased the known population by almost 12 per cent.
The group consisted of a mating pair with a young baby, sighted within Bawangling National Nature Reserve, Hainan Province, increases
The existence of this fourth breeding group increases the reproductive potential of the population, which could be vital for the long term survival of the Critically Endangered gibbons.
ZSL researcher Dr Jessica Bryant, who led the expedition that made the discovery, says: "Finding a new Hainan Gibbon group is a fantastic boost for the population.
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