When it comes to primate species from across the globe, they don't get much cuter than the pygmy marmosets of the Amazon Rainforest, aka the smallest species of monkeys in the world. These little ...

A team of scientists has discovered a new marmoset species in the Brazilian Amazon. Schneider's marmoset is named after professor Horacio Schneider, a pioneer and major contributor to the research of ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Henry Vilas Zoo announced the birth of their newest member Friday morning, a baby Geoffrey's marmoset. The baby was born last month, but the Zoo has yet to do a medical check to ...

That baby is so tiny and cute!

As the founding director of Western Massachusetts Animal Rights Advocates (WMARA) and an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts, I also welcome the invitation to meet with Dr. Lacreuse to have ...

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is increasingly becoming a key species in behavioral and biomedical research. Because of this, research focused on improving the behavioral and physiological ...

The buffy-headed marmoset is down to no more than 2,500 individuals scattered across dwindling patches of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. It faces a range of threats, from yellow fever to climate change, ...

From a stretch of the Amazon forest lying between the Tapajós and Jamanxim rivers in the Brazilian state of Pará, researchers have described a new-to-science species of marmoset. The marmoset, with ...

Human social groups have a strange tendency to share responsibility for taking care of infants; parents, older siblings, and other adult relatives all help to nurture babies. The only other primates ...

MANAUS, Brazil (August 12, 2021) – A team of scientists has discovered a new marmoset species in the Brazilian Amazon. Schneider’s marmoset (Mico schneideri), described in the latest issue of the ...