It takes just one village to save species

CHONGZUO, China: Long ago, in the poverty-stricken hills of southern China, a village banished its children to the forest to feed on wild fruits and leaves. Years later, when food stores improved, the children's parents returned to the woods to reclaim their young.

A newborn white-headed langur with its mother at the Chongzuo Ecology Park in China. The langurs, which are born yellow, are thriving here. (Peking University Chongzuo Biodiversity Research Institute )

To their surprise, their offspring had adapted to forest life remarkably well; the children's white headdresses had dissolved into fur, tails grew from their spines and they refused to come home. Read more...