Wied’s black tufted-ear marmosets (Callithrix kuhlii) are unusual in that a high proportion of pregnancies result in fraternal twins, and most of those are chimeras. Genetic analysis of the ...

Most species of marmoset give birth to non-identical twins. At first, each embryo is surrounded by its own protective sac ­- the chorion – but after the first month of development, these sacs ...

Marmosets commonly give birth to twins. This is a rarity; all other primate species usually give birth to only one infant at a time, according to O'Neil. Sometimes they have single births or ...

The zoo announced on Aug. 28 that mama Audrey gave birth to a pair of itty-bitty twins on July 25. Pygmy marmosets are the world’s smallest monkeys as is, so just try to imagine how teensy ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society is celebrating the public debut of twin Geoffroy's marmosets. The adorable duo reside with their parents at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Zoo. The big-eyed babies are ...

Marmoset sequence sheds new light on primate biology and evolution Date: July 20, 2014 Source: Baylor College of Medicine Summary: Scientists have completed the genome sequence of the common ...

To find out whether the same principle held true for marmosets, Ghazanfar and his colleagues set up an experiment using pairs of fraternal twin marmosets, small, highly social monkeys from South ...

Tiny twins hitch a ride! 😍🐒🐒#PygmyMarmosetBabies pic.twitter.com/AS4esEHQeg — Chester Zoo (@chesterzoo) August 28, 2017 Aug. 29 (UPI) --A zoo in England's ...

So the zoo is now raising the little one by hand, and from the looks of it, those hands are a perfect fit.Marmosets usually give birth to a pair of non-identical twins in The Eberswalde Zoo in ...

1010 WINS – These newborn twins are the smallest species of monkey on earth! When these adorable Eastern Pygmy Marmosets were born at the Chester Zoo in the UK, they each weighed an astounding ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society is celebrating the public debut of twin Geoffroy's marmosets born to first-time parents Gordon and Xing. The adorable duo, born in November, reside with their ...