Apparently unique among mammals, marmosets routinely produce dizygotic twins that exchange hematopoietic stem cells in utero, a process that leads to lifelong chimerism 1,2. As a result of this ...

A baby's babbles start to sound like speech more quickly if they get frequent vocal feedback from adults. Princeton University researchers have found the same type of feedback speeds the vocal ...

Everyone needs a best friend in life and from the look of it, Ninita the pygmy marmoset has found hers in the form of a toothbrush. Watching the tiny monkey bliss out as her caretakers massage her fur ...

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 ...

Marmoset babies have a higher likelihood of survival 30 days after birth when attended by a good father, a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison implies. Image ...

Individual traits seem to drive our learning success: for instance, conscientious individuals often show higher academic performance. A group of cognitive and behavioral biologists conducted ...

Marmoset monkeys use distinctive, whistle-like “phee calls” to address specific monkeys, similar to how humans use names, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. The discovery ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In speech and music, words and notes depend on each other. Humans are highly sensitive to such dependencies, but the evolutionary origins of this capacity are poorly understood. Cognitive biologists ...

Everyone needs a best friend in life and from the look of it, Ninita the pygmy marmoset has found hers in the form of a toothbrush. Watching the tiny monkey bliss out as her caretakers massage her fur ...