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](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/101520_CW_gibbons-rope_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
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