Findings from marmoset studies highlight the role of social interactions in brain development, providing clues to the ...

The common marmoset is native to the northeast corner of Brazil, but by intentional and unintentional release have spread through many other parts of South America.

Marmosets are small, adorable monkeys native to South America, but it would be unwise to underestimate them. These diminutive ...

Marmoset monkeys are known to cooperate, ... “Our results show that helping in common marmosets is not driven by reputation management or punishment avoidance,” the study authors reported.

Kim Worley and colleagues report the whole-genome sequence of the common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus, the first New World monkey to be sequenced. We report the whole-genome sequence of the common ...

A territory for a common marmoset troop, for example, can range from 5,000 to 65,000 square meters (1.2-16 acres), according to the National Primate Research Center at the University of Wisconsin.

Enter the small, adorable common marmoset. These fuzzy South American primates look more like squirrels than a monkey. "They're cute, and they smell.

The common marmoset may be a suitable model for human obesity. Photographer: Raimond Spekking, License: cc-by-sa-3.0 “Two people can sit down at the same table and eat the same amount of food ...

In common marmosets, the brain regions that process social interactions develop very slowly, extending until early adulthood, like in humans. During this time, all group members are involved in ...

Common marmosets. Credit: Dario Sanchez. But Margaret Wilson, a psychologist from the University of California, Santa Cruz who studies turn-taking in both humans and animals, is not convinced.

Marmosets are the first nonhuman primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The common marmoset is a certified chatterbox. The small, South ...