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.

When the weather warms up these Brazilian natives take to the treetops. Fitted with radio collars and tracked by volunteers, this family of golden lion tamarins roams free on the grounds of the ...

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 ...

After departing Plymouth, UK in August, the Dutch ship Oosterschelde has arrived in Rio de Janeiro. It's on a two-year mission to work with future scientists who will study species discovered by ...

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 ...