By Fernanda WenzelMarco Mantovani Smuggled in cars, aboard airplanes, or on sailboats crossing the Atlantic Ocean, tiny golden-furred monkeys are being wrenched from their Brazilian forest homes and ...

There are now more golden lion tamarins bounding between branches in the Brazilian rainforest than at any time since efforts to save the species started in the 1970s, a new survey reveals. Once on the ...

Breaking into a cashew nut can be difficult; but not if you're a monkey. Primates in Brazil are well honed in using stones to break into the nuts and new research suggests they have been doing so for ...

Brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba), endemic to the Atlantic Forest in Brazil and Argentina, became one of the 25 most threatened primate species following a yellow fever outbreak in late 2016. In ...

An international team of scientists, led by Dr. Tomos Proffitt from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, made a discovery that challenges long-held theories of human evolution. The ...

The golden lion tamarin is rescued from the brink of extinction in Brazil’s rainforest by protecting what is left of its habitat. Deep in the rainforest of Brazil’s Atlantic coast, there is a sudden ...

Indigenous groups and researchers are building literal bridges together to help monkeys and other wildlife cross Brazil's highways. Brazil has over 2 million kilometers of highways and a 2022 study ...