The golden lion tamarin may be the most beautiful of the four lion tamarin species. Its abundant golden hair frames a charismatic black face and covers its small body and tail. Despite their name ...

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, when food becomes scarce a lion tamarin family travels to the ... prey including insects and frogs. Only 6,000 golden headed lion tamarins remain in the wild.

Luís Paulo Ferraz, executive director of the Golden Lion Tamarin Association ... fearing they might become prey of larger predators, such as big cats. Hence the need for so-called "green corridors".