The Diademed Sifaka is one of the most striking primates silver fur, a golden crown, and bright orange limbs yet only 6,000–10,000 remain. They can leap over 30 feet and dance-walk on the ground, but Madagascar’s forests are disappearing faster than they can survive. A mythical creature fading fast.
In the late 1990s, Julia Hill lived in a 200 foot tall, 1,000 year old redwood tree for 738 days. She did it to protect the tree, and in the end, the logging company agreed to save it and the area around it.