Lion tamarins take their name from their impressive manes—thick rings of hair reminiscent of Africa's great cats. The golden lion tamarin may be the most beautiful of the four lion tamarin species.

10% of their diet is prey including insects and frogs. Only 6,000 golden headed lion tamarins remain in the wild. Their decline is a result of severe habitat loss and climate change that decreases ...

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.

Join a world-class effort to save tamarins from the brink of extinction in Brazil’s most critically important forest. Seeing a family of golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) in the mystical ...

Zookeepers have welcomed the arrival of twin golden lion tamarins. The infants, born at Bristol Zoo Gardens last weekend, are living with their mum Missy, dad Dourado and older siblings Manchego ...

Luís Paulo Ferraz, executive director of the Golden Lion Tamarin Association ... “We leave from Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday morning and head down to Punta del Este, to Uruguay, and start ...

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 ...