Marmosets can understand conversations between other monkeys and judge whether they want to interact with them, according to new research. Scientists from the University of Zurich played marmosets ...

New study from Hebrew University reveals that marmoset monkeys use specific calls, known as "phee-calls," to name each other, a behavior previously known to exist only in humans, dolphins, and ...

Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an activist group that monitors U.S. research laboratories, filed a complaint last week against the University with the Department of Agriculture for violations of the ...

As the founding director of Western Massachusetts Animal Rights Advocates (WMARA) and an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts, I also welcome the invitation to meet with Dr. Lacreuse to have ...

Naming others is considered a marker of highly advanced cognition in social animals, previously observed only in humans, bottlenose dolphins and African elephants. Marmoset monkeys have now joined ...

Did you know that it is perfectly legal in this country to keep a lion as a pet? Or, if you prefer, a dingo, a camel or a ...

Reports of a monkey loose in North Myrtle Beach last month drew attention on social media and speculation from Grand Strand residents. Police even went looking for the animal twice but were unable to ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – PETA is giving viewers a look inside a lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that performed experiments on marmoset monkeys. PETA has been fighting to end testing on ...

There is just something about watching baby animals munch away that is oh so satisfying and incredibly adorable. Just take the precious little baby marmoset in this video, for instance. They are a ...

A monkey found in a shed in Old Saybrook earlier this month no longer is in Connecticut, according to officials. The monkey, a marmoset, was rehomed out of state, a state Department of Energy and ...

BRIDGEPORT — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is providing temporary care for a small “marmoset variant” monkey seized by state environmental officials in Old Saybrook on Monday “while plans are being ...