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 ...

Field studies have shown that callitrichids spend up to 60 per cent of their time actively foraging. Unlike other monkeys, marmosets give birth to two or more young in a litter. Parental care, which ...

A monkey's uncle may actually be its father, according to a new study showing that germ-cell chimerism is rampant in marmosets. These animals often carry another individual's sperm or egg cells ...

Tardif and Richter (1981 )15 found that adult females were the highest consumers of their family groups in both common marmosets and cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) of a preferred food (fruit) ...

When it comes to primate species from across the globe, they don't get much cuter than the pygmy marmosets of the Amazon Rainforest, aka the smallest species of monkeys in the world. These little ...

Lacreuse to have clarifying discussions while visiting her laboratory to witness active experimentation with the 13 remaining marmoset monkeys. I and thousands of residents, students and faculty would ...