

After humans, orangutans are the primates that remain most attached to their offspring for the longest period: females care for their young for nine years. Victims of poaching, adult females are sometimes abducted or killed. Only the luckiest orphans are taken in by sanctuaries such as the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation.

The bear has returned to the Pyrenees, especially in Ariège and Haute-Garonne. In this region, home to its preferred habitats, humans must adapt to the presence of this powerful predator. Scientists and passionate conservationists on one side, critical residents and concerned farmers on the other, are all fighting to make their voices heard.