Deep in South American rainforests lives the pygmy marmoset, the world's smallest monkey. This tiny primate, weighing just ...

As with other marmosets, only one female breeds, and they usually give birth to twins - with each weighing around half an ...

Fishermen caught a “large”-headed sea creature with “very small teeth” off Iran that scientists identified as a new species, a study said. Photo from Getty / iStockphoto Off the southern coast of Iran ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

The species they assessed included iconic examples such as the whale shark, manta ray, and the megamouth shark, and also many lesser known, but just as interesting deep-sea species, such as the pygmy ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

The National Park Service defines an invasive species as something that can cause harm to the environment or economy, along with human, plant or animal health. Additionally, all invasive species are ...

Ivan Nagelkerken receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Angus Mitchell, Chloe Hayes, and David Booth do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

A baby cotton-top tamarin, showing off its personality. ©Kjersti Joergensen/Shutterstock.com Tamarins are tiny monkeys that live in the tropical forests of Central and South America. Two of the most ...

Every parent delights in a baby’s babbling, those streams of sounds that fill the air. To the untrained ear, it may seem like sweet but meaningless noise. In reality, these exchanges shape the ...

Both of the marmosets were kept as pets — now, they reside in a natural habitat at Black Beauty Ranch. 14 arrested in largest Home Depot theft ring ever, officials say Republican senators sound alarm ...