The golden lion tamarin may be the most beautiful of the four lion tamarin species. Its abundant golden hair frames a charismatic black face and covers its small body and tail. Despite their name ...

In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, when food becomes scarce a lion tamarin family travels to the ... prey including insects and frogs. Only 6,000 golden headed lion tamarins remain in the wild.

The Atlantic Forest has been decimated by deforestation over centuries, but thanks to international efforts, the number of golden lion tamarin monkeys has rebounded from as little as 200 individuals.