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Marmosets are fluffy, 8-inch-long monkeys native to South America. They are also very polite. New research shows that these little mammals carry on lengthy, back-and-forth discussions without ...

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Six marmoset monkeys watch a visitor through brown eyes the size of apple seeds, their smooth pink faces solemn as they cling to the bars of cages at the Denver Municipal Animal Shelter. Unlike the ...

Researchers used playbacks of vocal exchanges between marmosets and calls of animals not involved in an interaction Marmosets' responses to call interactions were significantly different from ...

Common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, are vocal little monkeys from South America with a hearing range similar to that of humans. And like us, it appears these New World primates can perceive pitch.

Learning to make sounds by listening to others is a skill that helps make us human. But research now suggests a species of monkey may have evolved similar abilities. Marmosets have the capacity to ...

Upon noticing the sexy scent of a female marmoset, a male doesn’t pursue her mindlessly, according to a new brain-imaging study. Male marmosets appear to think about—not just react to—what they’re ...

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 ...