One of the world's most famous activists for animal rights, primatologist Jane Goodall, visited China to press for greater respect for the treatment of animals.
As crowds smiled with delight at the sight of two baby chimps settling into their enclosure at Beijing Zoo with their mothers, Goodall promoted wildlife preservation.

Goodall has visited China every year since 1988, to promote her Roots and Shoots programme, which encourages young people to become involved in animal and wildlife preservation.

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Video of young orangs playing with learning toys donated by an Australian company. The coloured balls are filled with nuts and berries to help the orangs learn to search for food. Filmed in October 2006.

Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from Virunga National Park near the Democratic Republic of Congo's border with Rwanda on the endangered mountain gorillas who live in a vast expanse of forest there. There are only 720 of them left on earth. But nine of them have been killed since the beginning of this year. Tracking their footprints, Ndege ventured deep into the forest with a rangers' patrol to investigate the threats facing the mountain gorillas. The national park is the kind of habitat that gorillas need

Scientific tests, arranged by Greenpeace, reveal that Apple's iPhone contains hazardous chemicals. The tests uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers.