Tamarin Trust is working with our partners, the Mountain Marmoset Conservation Programme, MMCP, to rescue a family group of buffy-tufted ear-marmosets in Cordeiro city, Rio de Janeiro state, and help them return to a life in the forest. During recent surveys to find the last pure populations of buffy-tufted-ear marmosets, Rodrigo Carvalho, project leader of…

Sapucaia do Sul zoo in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, has welcomed its first buffy-tufted-ear marmoset twins. This is wonderful news for the growth of the conservation assurance programme in Brazil, an important part of the conservation strategy for this threatened species of marmoset. The programme helps to ensure that the marmosets will…

In his latest update from his recent visit to Brazil, Tamarin Trust founder Dom Wormell reports on the project to save the pied tamarin. We arrived at a small patch of scrubby urban forest running alongside the Mindu River, which still cuts its way through Manaus. Even before getting out of the car, you could…

We are incredibly grateful to the Australasian Society of Zookeeping (ASZK), which has raised $4,000 Australian dollars – over £2000 – for Tamarin Trust through the 2026 ASZK Neotropical Primate Conference.  The funds will be used to support vital conservation work for callitrichid species in Brazil. On 10th September, 112 keepers from around the world…

Good news! Estrada, the rescued golden-headed lion tamarin, continues to do well after release. She was found a few days ago with a male from another tamarin group. It looks like she is trying to find a new territory with her new mate away from her family group. Estrada was probably evicted from her original…