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 ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of a beloved longtime animal. The zoo announced that their female Geoffroy’s marmoset, Posh, was humanely euthanized at the end of April due ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Humans are not the only ones who can get pulled into spending a lot of time staring at a screen. In a recent study, common marmosets, small South American monkeys, learned to tap videos on a ...

Researchers’ interest in marmosets as animal models has driven a sharp increase in demand for them. Presenters discussed the context of wild marmoset populations, challenges and opportunities for ...

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 ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the so-called OTOF gene. It plays a central role in transmitting sound signals ...

Cradled inside the hushed world of the womb, fetuses might be preparing to come out howling. In the same way newborn humans can cry as soon as they’re born, common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus ...

Why are some people unable to hear from birth, even though their inner ear appears intact? One possible cause lies in the so-called OTOF gene. It plays a central role in transmitting sound signals ...

The marmoset, a type of small monkey native to South America, is a research model of increasing importance for biomedical research in the United States and globally. Marmosets offer a range of ...