Customs officials in Mumbai have arrested several people for allegedly smuggling wildlife, including meerkats, star tortoises ...

Living as the world's smallest monkey must be hard work. All that time spent being cute as a button and getting "awwed" over by everyone you meet really takes it out of you. This precious young ...

The world’s smallest monkey is called the pygmy marmoset, and it is, predictably, very tiny, just a little scoop of fur. It likes to eat the sticky resin found in tree bark, known as gum, and is ...

Researchers from the National Museums of Kenya, University of Arkansas, University of Missouri and Duke University have announced the discovery of a tiny monkey that lived in Kenya 4.2 million ...

CHESTER - A zoo in England's minuscule pygmy marmoset monkey welcomed a pair of tiny twins recently, reports UPI. Chester Zoo shared video of Audrey the pygmy marmoset's two .53 ounce babies which ...

The monkey is a pygmy marmoset, which is the smallest of its species in the world, and stands at just five to six inches high.

Conservationists, including renowned primatologist Dr Jane Goodall, are hoping the Year of the Monkey will shine a light on the threats the species are facing worldwide, namely in Asia.