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 ...

One of two baby cotton-top tamarin twins born recently at Des Moines ... It attributes the species' status to deforestation, unsuitable habitat for the remaining forest and an "ongoing ...

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, when food becomes scarce a lion tamarin family travels to the edge of their world to find a land of plenty. Journey distance: 5 miles Destination: A cabruca - a ...

Colchester Zoo have announced their most recent arrivals - twin white-lipped tamarins, which were born this month.

A popular zoo has announced the birth of twin monkeys ahead of Mother's Day. The new arrivals at Colchester Zoological ...

Golden lion tamarins went from a little-known and under-studied primate to a national symbol in Brazil, featured on a postage stamp and on the R$20 bill. This course focuses on multi-faceted species ...

One of two baby cotton-top tamarins born recently at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo has died. The twin monkeys were born in February, almost exactly a year after mom, Kida, gave birth to another set ...

the number of golden lion tamarin monkeys has rebounded from as little as 200 individuals. With fewer than 5,000 monkeys, it's still considered an endangered species. In Brazil, the animal became ...

The species is considered critically endangered, with the IUCN crediting deforestation, pet trade and unsuitable habitats for its decline.

Death rates in cotton-top tamarin babies are high, and the Blank Park Zoo works to help boost numbers of the critically endangered species.