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.

Seeing a family of golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia ... live in only one small region of Brazil, where they face seemingly insurmountable odds. Habitat destruction (about 87% of the ...

Fitted with radio collars and tracked by volunteers, this family of golden lion tamarins roams free on the grounds of the National Zoo. A Final Takeoff The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s The ...

The golden lion tamarin looks like it has an orange lion mane around its face, but they are nowhere near as fierce due to the ...

One of two baby cotton-top tamarin twins born recently at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo has died, the zoo announced. The Blank Park Zoo welcomed the pair of cotton-top tamarin monkeys in February ...

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.

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 ...