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.

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 ...

Marmosets are the first non-human primates shown to use personalised signifiers to refer to each other – the discovery could ...

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.

Common marmosets can copy the sounds and intonations of their parents. iStockphoto Learning to make sounds by listening to others is a skill that helps make us human.

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 ...

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 ...

The common marmoset is one such animal that communicates using regional dialects. Researchers have now found out that they even adapt their dialect when they move to a different area.

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 ...

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.