People keeping tropical animals as pets is a not-uncommon gag in movies and sitcoms, a signature of quirkiness for characters like Ace Ventura and Ross Geller. But in reality, there are social and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (KRON) — A female marmoset monkey that was seized after being illegally owned as a pet is being cared for at the Oakland Zoo. The ...

This project was supported by the American Veterinary Medical Association; Association of Primate Veterinarians; Baylor College of Medicine; Broad Institute; Charles River Laboratories; Emory ...

Stop Animal Exploitation Now, an activist group that monitors U.S. research laboratories, filed a complaint last week against the University with the Department of Agriculture for violations of the ...

As the founding director of Western Massachusetts Animal Rights Advocates (WMARA) and an alumnus of the University of Massachusetts, I also welcome the invitation to meet with Dr. Lacreuse to have ...

Common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) are New World primates that are found within the coastal rainforests of North East (NE) Brazil. They are a multisensory species, relying on all their senses to ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – PETA is giving viewers a look inside a lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that performed experiments on marmoset monkeys. PETA has been fighting to end testing on ...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Ross Park Zoo’s Geoffroy’s Marmoset brothers, Finn and Quincy, are December’s featured animals during this month’s Animal of the Month. The small primates can be found in ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Marmosets used to study aging and menopause at a UMass laboratory were euthanized two months before the facility's closing at the end of July, according to People for Ethical Treatment of Animals.