The golden lion tamarin may be the most beautiful of the four lion tamarin species. Its abundant golden hair frames a charismatic black face and covers its small body and tail. Despite their name ...

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, when food becomes scarce a lion tamarin family travels to the ... prey including insects and frogs. Only 6,000 golden headed lion tamarins remain in the wild.

Following 30 years of work to save one of the world's most endangered primates, IUCN - The World Conservation Union today announced that the golden lion tamarin is no longer critically endangered.

A group of golden lion tamarins are seen in a tree during an observation tour at a private partner property of the golden lion tamarin ecological park in the Atlantic Forest region of Silva Jardim ...

On Thursday, March 7, The Beardsley Zoo, located in the Fairfield County city of Bridgeport, announced the death of Cricket, a 6-year-old golden lion tamarin. Acc… Daily Voice Hartford County CT ...

Missy, a golden lion tamarin, a species once listed as critically endangered, has given birth to a pair of babies. The zoo is part of Wild Planet Trust, a conservation organisation that works to ...

The Atlantic Forest has been decimated by deforestation over centuries, but thanks to international efforts, the number of golden lion tamarin monkeys has rebounded from as little as 200 individuals.