THIS newborn marmoset has everyone wrapped around its little finger. The baby, which is no bigger than a human thumb, was abandoned by its mother. It is being reared by staff at Knowsley safari park, ...

Scientists have completed the genome sequence of the common marmoset -- the first sequence of a New World Monkey -- providing new information about the marmoset's unique rapid reproductive system, ...

The pair - described as "the size of ping pong balls” - are so small that their genders will not be known for some time, zookeepers have said. The twins are just two inches in length and weigh 10 ...

Tiny monkeys no bigger than a thumb are being sold illegally in China and used as accessories by the country's nouveau riche. These little primates are thought to be pygmy marmosets, the world's ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

Two eastern pygmy marmosets, among the world's smallest species of monkey, have been born at Chester Zoo. The twins measure just 5cm (two inches) in length, making them slightly larger than ping pong, ...