The common marmoset may be small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, but the diminutive stature of these monkeys belies their enormous significance in unraveling the intricate mysteries of human ...

Scientists studying the behaviour of marmoset monkeys believe the creatures are able to call one another by name. The monkeys were found to use calls - known as “phee calls” - which were ...

Marmoset monkeys have been found to use specific calls to name each other, a behaviour previously thought to exist only in humans, dolphins and elephants. Naming other individuals in a population ...

A monkey's uncle may actually be its father, according to a new study showing that germ-cell chimerism is rampant in marmosets. These animals often carry another individual's sperm or egg cells ...

When it comes to primate species from across the globe, they don't get much cuter than the pygmy marmosets of the Amazon Rainforest, aka the smallest species of monkeys in the world. These little ...