New World Monkeys include capuchins, squirrel monkeys, and marmosets. It’s interesting to be able to spot a male or female ...

The world’s smallest monkey is called the pygmy marmoset ... to the amber-colored parkia tree, the pygmy marmosets were still talking. The male came back to the tree, slinging an infant on ...

A monkey's uncle may actually be its father ... indeed more than half of the male marmosets sampled produced chimeric sperm. Wondering how widespread chimerism might affect parenting, Ross ...

While marmosets typically form groups which contain a number of adults of each sex, breeding is usually restricted to the dominant pair. Infant care and carrying is predominantly by the male, but all ...

The common marmoset may be small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, but the diminutive stature of these monkeys belies their enormous significance in unraveling the intricate mysteries of human ...

Scientists studying the behaviour of marmoset monkeys believe the creatures are able to call one another by name. The monkeys were found to use calls - known as “phee calls” - which were ...

What made marmosets an ideal choice for your research? I’ve worked with baboons, capuchins, and rhesus monkeys, but to study aging, I switched to marmosets. Marmosets have the shortest lifespan of all ...

Marmosets and tamarins are small (250-500 g) South American monkeys of the family Callitrichidae. They are forest living species with squirrel-like locomotion and, unlike typical monkeys, most of the ...

Whether as a sponsor or donor, a member or volunteer, or an employee or fellow, you can make a difference. The marmoset, a type of small monkey native to South America, is a research model of ...