The birth of a critically endangered cotton-top tamarin monkey has been captured on camera at a safari park. Footage from ...

The 3-week-old monkey was found separated from its family ... It's not uncommon for cotton-top tamarins to die prematurely. Their infant mortality rate is high, with about 53% not surviving ...

One of two baby cotton-top tamarins born recently at Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo has died. The twin monkeys were born in February, almost exactly a year after mom, Kida, gave birth to another set ...

The species is considered critically endangered, with the IUCN crediting deforestation, pet trade and unsuitable habitats for its decline.