Monkeys are primates ... 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 fact they are about the size of a squirrel.

Panaji: Wild fruits and berries, which once thrived in the hilly terrains of the state, are likely facing an existential ...

But the animals still face mistreatment as trainers capture ... In Iowa, a zoo euthanized a 3-week-old cotton-top tamarin monkey in mid-March after the primate was found in declining health ...

Two seas, two species of mischievous Panama monkeys, two types of lazy sloths, two ferry transits across the Panama Canal, ...

Their eyes face forward, giving a larger region of overlapping ... In comparison, only a few New World monkeys have opposable thumbs, including the tamarin and the capuchin monkeys. The layout of ...

A zoo has welcomed the birth of twins to a pair of critically endangered cotton-top tamarins. The babies, born on 3 April, are the third set of offspring for parents Gurt and Mico at Marwell Zoo ...

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

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 ...

A popular zoo has announced the birth of twin monkeys ahead of Mother's Day ... come 15 years after white-lipped tamarins returned for the first time last year. The pair bonded very quickly ...