The species is considered critically endangered, with the IUCN crediting deforestation, pet trade and unsuitable habitats for ...

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 ...

Blank Park Zoo announced one of its cotton-top tamarin infants born in February has died. The three-week-old tamarin was ...

After weeks of waiting and acclimating to their new habitats and enclosures, the animals at the Amazon River’s Edge at the Caldwell Zoo are out and about for visitors to see.

Buoyed by Conservation Efforts Back in the 1970s, their diminishing habitats, as well as their capture for the pet trade, drastically reduced the local, wild population of golden lion tamarins to an ...

Photo courtesy of the Blank Park Zoo. According to Blank Park Zoo, cotton-top tamarins are one of the most endangered primates in the world. Due to habitat loss and the illegal pet trade it’s ...

A baby cotton-top tamarin was euthanized at Blank Park Zoo this week after it was found separated from its family and in poor ...

The Blank Park Zoo announced on Monday that one of the twin infant cotton-top tamarins has died. According to the zoo, the ...

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 ...

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 ...