Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
High above the forest floor exists a hidden world that is home to some of the planet’s most fascinating wildlife. From monkeys and sloths to birds and porcupines, the forest canopy is teeming with life uniquely adapted to living in the treetops. In this episode of World Wildlife Fund’s Wildlife Café series, Alexander Nicolas and Tremaine Gregory uncover the secrets of arboreal ecosystems, how tree-dwelling animals navigate life in the canopy, and wild stories of what it takes to venture into this world and connect the treetop to protect these species.
About Tremaine Gregory: Tremaine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her career focusing on researching arboreal mammals and developing strategies that focus on sustainable infrastructure development. She pioneered camera trapping techniques in the high tree canopy and developed several canopy bridge studies to assess how these bridges can increase habitat connectivity for arboreal mammals. Learn more about Tremaine: worldwildlife.org/experts/tremaine-gregory
Join us and learn more about wildlife conservation at the Wildlife Café: worldwildlife.org/pages/wildlife-cafe
Links to learn more:
How canopy bridges help wildlife deep inside the Amazon: worldwildlife.org/stories/how-canopy-bridges-help-wildlife-deep-inside-the-amazon
Learn more about WWF’s work on forest conservation: worldwildlife.org/initiatives/forests
Learn more about the future of infrastructure: worldwildlife.org/initiatives/infrastructure
Learn more about WWF’s Forest Forward initiative:
worldwildlife.org/initiatives/forests-forward
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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Wildlife Café!
1:44 What does life look like up in the treetops?
3:11 Studying arboreal wildlife and using camera traps in the canopy
6:52 How high off the ground can you get in the treetops?
8:50 What are canopy bridges, and why are they important?
13:25 Do animals engage with the bridges differently, based on their personalities?
15:21 Connecting with people through arboreal wildlife research
17:33 What made Tremie start focusing on broader sustainable infrastructure?
High above the forest floor exists a hidden world that is home to some of the planet’s most fascinating wildlife. From monkeys and sloths to birds and porcupines, the forest canopy is teeming with life uniquely adapted to living in the treetops. In this episode of World Wildlife Fund’s Wildlife Café series, Alexander Nicolas and Tremaine Gregory uncover the secrets of arboreal ecosystems, how tree-dwelling animals navigate life in the canopy, and wild stories of what it takes to venture into this world and connect the treetop to protect these species.
About Tremaine Gregory: Tremaine brings a wealth of knowledge and experience from her career focusing on researching arboreal mammals and developing strategies that focus on sustainable infrastructure development. She pioneered camera trapping techniques in the high tree canopy and developed several canopy bridge studies to assess how these bridges can increase habitat connectivity for arboreal mammals. Learn more about Tremaine: worldwildlife.org/experts/tremaine-gregory
Join us and learn more about wildlife conservation at the Wildlife Café: worldwildlife.org/pages/wildlife-cafe
Links to learn more:
How canopy bridges help wildlife deep inside the Amazon: worldwildlife.org/stories/how-canopy-bridges-help-wildlife-deep-inside-the-amazon
Learn more about WWF’s work on forest conservation: worldwildlife.org/initiatives/forests
Learn more about the future of infrastructure: worldwildlife.org/initiatives/infrastructure
Learn more about WWF’s Forest Forward initiative:
worldwildlife.org/initiatives/forests-forward
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Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Wildlife Café!
1:44 What does life look like up in the treetops?
3:11 Studying arboreal wildlife and using camera traps in the canopy
6:52 How high off the ground can you get in the treetops?
8:50 What are canopy bridges, and why are they important?
13:25 Do animals engage with the bridges differently, based on their personalities?
15:21 Connecting with people through arboreal wildlife research
17:33 What made Tremie start focusing on broader sustainable infrastructure?
