Emperor tamarins like Sal and Feta have also been known to be trafficked as pets. Lincoln Park Zoo Curator Dan Boehm said the hope is for this effort to help the emperor tamarin population into ...

Cotton-top tamarins are among the most endangered primates, with fewer than 6,000 remaining in the wild due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade. Blank Park Zoo supports Proyecto Tití ...

The creatures are very rare, he says, due to deforestation in their native Columbia and the illegal trade of tamarins as pets. “They’re considered critically endangered. There are less than ...

The captivating golden lion tamarin is a small monkey found in eastern Brazil. With its silky orange-gold mane, and wide-eyed ...

Blank Park Zoo is seeing double as Kida, a cotton-top tamarin, has given birth to twins almost exactly one year from birthing her last set. The tiny duo was born at the zoo on Tuesday to their mom ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - A pair of rare Tamarins were born at the Blank Park Zoo this week. The zoo says Kida, a cotton-top tamarin, gave birth to twins on Tuesday. Kida and the father ...

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 ...