Primates in Natural Habitat

Various primate species, including gorillas and gibbons, captured in their lush environments, emphasizing their expressions and behaviors.

Tanzania: Zanzibar, Jozani National Park, Zanzibar red colobus, or Kirk's red colobus) (called Poison monkey in Zanzibar Kiswahili - kima punju) Threatened species.

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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei). Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Uganda

silverback Mountain Gorilla, Uganda great silverback Mountain Gorilla, in the Bwindi National Park in Uganda. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 21475249

Siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) male in tree, arboreal black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) male, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Portrait of a Chimpanzee in the Kibale NP Uganda

Portrait of a Chimpanzee in the Kibale NP Uganda

Africa, Tanzania, Mahale National Park. Chimpanzee (Pan troglodites)

Bugondo forest chimpanzee standing in the trees

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) twenty three year old female, named Nasa, making a defensive grimace, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Tanzania: Zanzibar, Jozani National Park, Zanzibar red colobus, or Kirk's red colobus) (called Poison monkey in Zanzibar Kiswahili - kima punju) Threatened species.

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) young feeding on plant, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) five year old orphan climbing tree, part of reintroduction project by Aspinall Foundation, Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon

Chimpanzee grabing onto a tree branch, Budongo Forest, Uganda, East Africa, Africa Copyright: Godong 809-8932

Africa, Uganda, Kibale Forest National Park. Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in forest. Head-shot, face.

Agile Gibbon (Hylobates agilis) hanging in tree, Camp Leaky, Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) juvenile female, three years old, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Celebes Black Macaque (Macaca nigra) sitting in coastal vegetation, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) pair feeding on Ugandan Red Colobus (Procolobus tephrosceles) monkey, western Uganda

Africa, Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Adult Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) in rainforest

A gorilla in the cloud forest

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) thirty-five year old male, named Frodo, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Black Howler Monkey, (Alouatta caraya),Roatan,Honduras,Caribbean,Central America,Latin America,adult on tree

Chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes), subadult alert, Africa

Mountain Gorilla Gorilla gorilla beringei juvenile, Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Bonobo (Pan paniscus) adolescent orphan hanging from branch, Sanctuary Lola Ya Bonobo Chimpanzee, Democratic Republic of the Congo

common woolly monkey, Lagothrix lagothricha

mountain gorilla gorilla beringei beringei resting virunga mountains, rwanda

An adult mountain gorilla, Gorilla gorilla beringei, rests in the forest.; Parc des Volcans, Rwanda

Olive Baboon - baby climbing tree, chewing twig (Papio hamadryas anubis). Africa.

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback feeding on bark, native to Africa

mantled howler monkey alouatta palliata curu reserve, nicoya, costa rica

Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) eleven month old baby feeding, Kakamega Forest Reserve, Kenya

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) pensive portrait, endangered, central Africa

savanna chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) baby playing, Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania

Celebes / Black crested macaque (Macaca nigra) juvenile feeding on a fruit whilst lying on back, Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) male, forty years old, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) eighteen year old male hooting, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) one year old infant playing in tree, western Uganda

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in tree. Odzala-Kokoua National Park. Cuvette-Ouest Region. Republic of the Congo

Spider monkey

Mountain Gorilla nursing Baby (Gorilla g. beringei), Rwanda

Chimpanzee, Kanpur Zoo, Uttar Pradesh, India Copyright: xJagdishxAgarwal/DinodiaxPhotox

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Fanwaa 5 years old juvenile male. Bossou Guinea-Conakry Chimpanzé (Pan troglodytes verus) Fanwaa 5 ans juvenile male. Bossou Guinée-Conakry

Chimpanzee sitting in the forest canopy. The remote Mahale Mountains, located on a bulge along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, rise spectacularly 8,069 feet. Protected as a national park since 1980, the mountains are home to one of the most important wild chimpanzee populations left in Africa.

Ostafrikanischer Schimpanse (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) blickt neugierig in seine Hände, Gombe Stream Nationalpark, Tansania

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) nine month old infant male, named Fifty, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) female and young, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

CENTRAL AMERICA, Panama, Borro Colorado Island Howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) eating a large leaf.

Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) infant female, three years old, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth) hanging from tree, vulnerable species, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Tanzania, Male Chimpanzee looking away. (Large format sizes available)

Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus), Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, Thailand

Guatemalan Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra). Belize.

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Fanwaa 5 years old juvenile male and his mother Fanle. Bossou Guinea-Conakry Chimpanzé (Pan troglodytes verus) Fanwaa 5 ans juvenile male et sa mère Fanle. Bossou Guinée-Conakry

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) five year old orphan yawning, part of reintroduction project by Aspinall Foundation, Bateke Plateau National Park, Gabon

Chimpanzee, (Pan troglodytes), adult male relaxed, Africa

White-handed Gibbon. Monkeyland. Plettenburg Bay. Western Cape. South Africa

Mantled Colobus (Colobus guereza), Kenya

Chimpanzees at a zoo, Kolmarden, Sweden.

Gorilla

An adult gorilla rests on the ground in dense vegetation of the impenetrable forest.; Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Mantled Colobus (Colobus guereza) mother with young, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

Bonobo (Pan paniscus) portrait, endangered species native to Africa, San Diego Wild Animal Park, California

Mantled Colobus (Colobus guereza) mother with young, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya

An adult common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha), in the trees along the Yarapa River, Nauta, Peru, South America

Lowland Gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla), Africa, young

Portrait of a spider monkey Portrait of a black spider monkey looking at the camera Copyright: xZoonar.com/LenaxIliopouloux 21125323

Female mountain gorilla, Parc des Virungas, Democratic Republic of Congo

Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) female in tree, Indira Gandhi National Park, Western Ghats, India

Africa, East Africa, Tanzania, Gombe NP Female chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Gremlin with twin infants

Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata) mother with young, Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica

East Javan langur, (Trachypithecus auratus), two adult sitting on tree alert, captive, Indonesia, Asia

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) pair on tropical forest path, western Uganda

Red Bald-headed Uakari (Cacajao calvus rubicundus), Peru

Black spider monkey perched the head backwards French Guiana

Humboldt's Woolly Monkey (Lagothrix lagothricha) portrait, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador

Collared Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus), Red capped mangabey, White collared mangabey, adult sitting on ground alert, Africa

View of a chimpanzee with dark fur, holding and eating a yellow banana, with a blurred background, Conkouati, Congo.

Tanzania, Gombe Stream National Park, Young chimpanzee hanging on branch. (Large format sizes available)

Young Western lowland gorilla in forest in Gabon

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) three month old infant sucking on thumb, endangered, Parc National Des Volcans, Rwanda

Siamang (Hylobates syndactylus) portrait, native to Malaysia and Sumatra

Young Chimpanzee eating pineapple in Cameroon

Brown howler monkey eating leaves in forest of Brazil

Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Marantaceae forest. Odzala-Kokoua National Park. Cuvette-Ouest Region. Republic of the Congo

Western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) young male 'Jeje' aged 13 years disciplining juvenile female 'Joya' aged 6 years and infant male 'Flanle' aged 3 years who are playing together, Bossou Forest, Mont Nimba, Guinea. January 2011. Sequence 2 of 4.

One female with one baby Gelada (Theropithecus gelada), or bleeding-heart monkey riding on her back, walking on a green meadow

Adult male Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra), foraging in Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mountain gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei, resting in misty forest.

Mother Rhesus macaque and baby Wulingyuan District, China

young orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus abeli

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) adult female with sleeping infant, Pandrillus Drill Sanctuary, Nigeria

Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) male in rainforest, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) male investigating camera, Masai Mara, Kenya

Orang_utan baby, Borneo, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chimpanzees Playing (Pan troglodytes) Sweetwaters Sanctuary, Kenya

Mantled howler monkey

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) Fanwaa 5 years old juvenile male is cautious when crossing a path with poeple. Bossou Guinea-Conakry Chimpanzé (Pan troglodytes verus) Fanwaa 5 ans juvenile male est méfiant en traversant un chemin emprunté par des gens. Bossou Guinée-Conakry

Spider Monkey (Ateles paniscus), walking

Mantled howler monkey

Lion-tailed Macaque (Macaca silenus) female holding baby, Indira Gandhi National Park, Western Ghats, India

Nord, Lille, France, Europe

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Male in the wild, resting. Dzanga Sangha Sanctuary, Central African Republic

Africa, Tanzania, Gombe Nat'l Park, Female chimpanzee (Pan trogolodytes), 5 years old

Lowland Gorilla, (Gorilla gorilla), mother with young, Africa

King colobus (Colobus polykomos), two adults sitting on tree searching for food, Africa

Black Bear (Ursus americanus) male along Anan Creek, Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Celebes Black Macaque (Macaca nigra) male displaying, Tangkoko Nature Reserve, northern Sulawesi, Indonesia

Spectacled Bear, (Tremarctos ornatus), adult alert on tree, captive, South America

Chimpanzee - climbing tree (Pan troglodytes). Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage - Zambia - Africa. Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage is recognised as the worldճ largest dedicated sanctuary for orphaned chimps. As chimpanzees are not indigenous to Zambia it is not possible to free-release them locally, therefore 2,000 acres of forest land has been designated to the chimps.

Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) young held by zoo staff, native to Africa

Bonobo (Pan paniscus) using rocks as a hammer and anvil to crack open nuts, ABC Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gorilla sat in an undergrowth Monkeys Valley France

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, releasing sloth wearing sloth backpack tracking device, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica

Black Lemur (Lemur macaco) male in village, Nosy Komba, Madagascar

Mountain Gorilla Trio (Gorilla g. beringei), Rwanda

Rehabilitated orang_utans from the forest feed at Sepilok orang_utan sanctuary in the northern tip of Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus), Animal Asia Foundation sanctuary, Chengdu, Sichuan (Selenarctos thibetanus), Ruffed bear, Moon bear, enclosure, China, Asia

A young Orang Utan in the jungle of Sumatra looks sulking to the right. Nice Bokeh in the background.

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) orphan with attendant at rehabilitation facility, Wanariset, Borneo

Bonobo (Pan paniscus), orphan with Henrietta, a human adoptive mother, ABC Sanctuary, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) primatologist, Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas, and dominant female, Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) rescued infant being carried by caretaker Rodney Lemata, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Uganda

David Tetzlaff, former Executive Director of the Naples Zoo, at work. (MR) (Editorial Use Only)