Despite their name, these rare primates have far more in common with their monkey relatives than any feline. The golden lion tamarin forms social family groups. Males help to raise their offspring ...

Conservation efforts have helped save the golden lion tamarin but there are still only a recorded 3,600 in the wild so there is still work to be done. Monkeys have a lifespan that varies according ...

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.

Fitted with radio collars and tracked by volunteers, this family of golden lion tamarins roams free on the grounds of the National Zoo. Manufacturing of bitumen-lined water bottles The Incredible ...

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 ...

The Blank Park Zoo welcomed the pair of cotton-top tamarin monkeys in February, almost a year after their mom, Kida's, first set of twins. The Zoo shared on Facebook Monday that one of the three ...

They can communicate with Weids marmosets, allowing the two monkey families to work together as they travel. The lion tamarins take the high branches looking for aerial threats whilst the ...

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