Weighing less than an apple, pygmy marmosets are the tiniest monkeys on earth. They have the ability to leap over 30 times their body length across the treetops in the Amazon jungle. (wildlife ...

Marmosets are small, adorable monkeys native to South America, but it would be unwise to underestimate them. These diminutive simians are full of surprises, living sophisticated social lives in ...

Two pygmy marmosets were born on Nov. 14, and make their official debut Wednesday at the Houston Zoo. (Houston Zoo/YouTube) HOUSTON – The Houston Zoo brought twice the good news as two pygmy marmosets ...

Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined ...

Oct. 24 (UPI) --Just as a Northerner relocated to the South might begin to drawl, marmoset monkeys tweak their dialect to fit in with new neighbors. Like many mammals, the marmoset, a small monkey ...

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Marmosets are fluffy, 8-inch-long monkeys native to South America. They are also very polite. New research shows that these little mammals carry on lengthy, back-and-forth discussions without ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

In common marmosets, the brain regions that process social interactions develop very slowly, extending until early adulthood, like in humans. During this time, all group members are involved in ...

Marmosets can understand conversations between other monkeys and judge whether they want to interact with them, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Zurich played marmosets ...