Primates

We reveal the extraordinary strategies monkeys, apes and lemurs must use to survive in the most unexpected places. From baboons facing down a leopard to rhesus macaques charming their way to an easy life, meet the primates solving life's problems.

In the Amazon we meet a female spider monkey elder, who leads her troop to a unique food resource: aquatic plants brought within reach on raging floodwaters. She shows them how, using their remarkable tails as a safety rope, they can feast on this bounty.

Today, more than half of the world's primates are under threat of extinction. Now they need our help. Meet the scientists making groundbreaking discoveries about this remarkable animal family, and the dedicated people going to extraordinary lengths to safeguard their future.