If there was an award for the cutest animal in a major role, it would have to go to Mona, a common marmoset, for her performance in the Monterey Zoo's education program. She's now retired and resides ...

The common marmoset has emerged as one of the most promising nonhuman primate models in biomedical research, bridging the gap between rodent studies and human clinical applications. Its unique ...

In speech and music, words and notes depend on each other. Humans are highly sensitive to such dependencies, but the evolutionary origins of this capacity are poorly understood. Cognitive biologists ...

To study the importance of olfactory changes for the social life of common marmosets the scientists collected odor samples from the anogenital region of female common marmosets at multiple points in ...

The human facial action coding system, or FACS, has been developed as a tool for cross-species systematic comparisons of facial muscles to help interpret the resulting facial expressions of the common ...

Two baby mongooses at the Daktari orphanage are getting a lot of attention from a common marmoset named Thor. Male marmosets play a role in raising their young–which may explain his affection for the ...

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are New World primates that are found within the coastal rainforests of North East (NE) Brazil. They are a multisensory species, relying on all their senses to ...

Experimental non-human primate models are critical for evaluating the safety of promising viral vector constructs for potential clinical trials in humans. The owl monkey (Aotus trivirgatus) has served ...

The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus, C. j.) is an established primate model in biomedical research and for human-related diseases. Monitoring of cardiovascular parameters including blood pressure ...

Scientists studying social learning in animals have shown how easy it can be to introduce a new behavior into a group and watch it spread from individual to individual. However, not nearly as many ...