(KRON) — A female marmoset monkey that was seized after being illegally owned as a pet is being cared for at the Oakland Zoo. The marmoset, which is named “Estrela,” was rescued on Jan. 20 by the ...

People keeping tropical animals as pets is a not-uncommon gag in movies and sitcoms, a signature of quirkiness for characters like Ace Ventura and Ross Geller. But in reality, there are social and ...

Every animal family should have a life of peace and quiet after a newborn arrives, but rescued animals like these marmosets ...

Vienna Zoo welcomed a newborn pygmy marmoset, one of the world’s smallest primates. Born in April, the ape weighs only 15 grams and stands at a mere 5 centimeters tall. For reference, a full-grown ...

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Police are seeking the public’s help after a monkey was stolen from the Palm Beach Zoo. According to West Palm Beach Police, the 12-year-old marmoset, named Kali, was ...

The Cape May County Zoo announced the arrival of a new primate this week. Leeloo, a 10-year-old female common marmoset, is the new companion for the zoo’s 13-year-old male, Nico. Leeloo came to the ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Normally, the monkeys at the Bronx Zoo go about their day-to-day business in utter bliss doing whatever monkey are supposed to do. Frankly, to us, it doesn't look like a whole ...

SALISBURY, Md.– The Salisbury Zoo recently welcomed a new animal. You may spot him hanging out in the trees on your next visit – it's a black-tufted marmoset named Timmy. The Salisbury Zoo got Timmy, ...

Reillo was born March 7, one of a set of male twins to the zoo's adult pygmy marmoset pair, Gidget and Pepe. Among marmosets, the mothers nurse the babies, but the fathers carry them, with the babies ...

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MADISON, Wis. -- The Henry Vilas Zoo announced the birth of their newest member Friday morning, a baby Geoffrey's marmoset. The baby was born last month, but the Zoo has yet to do a medical check to ...