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Stay close by Maxime Aliaga, France. Maxime spent more than an hour observing this mother in the Hutan Pinus/Janthoi nature reserve in Sumatra, Indonesia, trying to keep her excitable baby in the nest. Since 2011 the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme has released more than 120 confiscated apes into the reserve with the goal of establishing new wild populations. This mother, Marconi, was once held captive as an illegal pet, but was nursed back to health and released in 2011. In 2017 she was spotted with a wild-born baby, Masen, a symbol of hope for the future population. (Photo by Maxime Aliaga/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021)
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