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 ...

The zoo said the infant will remain exclusively attached to its parents for the first few months of its life A rare golden lion tamarin monkey has been born at Bristol Zoo. The baby primate was ...

Golden lion tamarins are small monkeys with long tails and copper-colored fur that live in family groups led by a mated pair. Usually, they give birth annually to twins, which all family members ...

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 ...

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 ...

Zookeepers have welcomed the arrival of twin golden lion tamarins. The infants ... breeding programme to safeguard the future of the monkeys. Ms Bugg said: "Both Missy and Dourado have been ...

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.

The Department of Zoological Research at the National Zoo in Washington, DC houses three pairs of lion- tamarin monkeys (Leontopithicus rosalia rosalia and L.R.chrysomelia) and one pair of marmosets ...

Only 6,000 golden headed lion tamarins remain in the wild ... They can communicate with Weids marmosets, allowing the two monkey families to work together as they travel. The lion tamarins ...

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.