Join a world-class effort to save tamarins from the brink of extinction in Brazil’s most critically important forest. Seeing a family of golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia) in the mystical ...

Brazil's Atlantic coastal rain forests are disappearing due to ever-expanding logging, agriculture, and industry, and unfortunately, the golden lion tamarin is in danger of vanishing with them.

Brazil, on June 16, 2022. There are now more golden lion tamarins living the Brazilian rainforest than at any other time since modern conservation efforts to save the species started in the 1970s ...

Location: Coastal region of Brazil Size: 9.5-10.3 inches in length ... this animal is one of the rarest in the Amazon rainforest. The golden lion tamarin is a unique-looking creature with a ...

"Golden lion tamarins form tight social family groups ... which currently weigh about 60g each and are just 10cm (4in) long. Brazil's Atlantic coastal forests, where they are found in the wild ...

the number of golden lion tamarin monkeys has rebounded from as little as 200 individuals. With fewer than 5,000 monkeys, it's still considered an endangered species. In Brazil, the animal became ...

can be seen outside of its native Brazil. Dominic Wormell, from Durrell, said the species was "under extreme threat". The head of the mammal department said: "With only 1,000 black lion tamarins ...

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest ... 10% of their diet is prey including insects and frogs. Only 6,000 golden headed lion tamarins remain in the wild. Their decline is a result of severe habitat ...

the number of golden lion tamarin monkeys has rebounded from as little as 200 individuals. With fewer than 5,000 monkeys, it's still considered an endangered species. In Brazil, the animal became ...