Monkey Business
Tags: TAMARINS; ENDANGERED species
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- Saving Cotton-Tops. SCHARDT, HANNAH // Ranger Rick;Dec2011/Jan2012, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p8
The article offers information on the cotton-top tamarin including how they spend their lives living in trees, how they only live in a small area in Columbia and have become threatened due to deforestation, and how the group Proyecto Tite are helping to prevent the destruction of their habitat.
- Fading Away? // Scholastic News -- Edition 4;2/7/2005, Vol. 67 Issue 14, p5
Offers a glimpse of three endangered primates as of February 7, 2005. Orangutans; Gorillas; Golden lion tamarins.
- Primate concern. Wheat, Sue // Geographical (Campion Interactive Publishing);Sep2001, Vol. 73 Issue 9, p34
Reports on the project in Brazil's Atlantic Forest started by the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoological Park and Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) to save the endangered golden lion tamarin from extinction. Problems with the monkey's habitats; Views on using the golden lion tamarin as a...
- Making the world a safer place for primates in peril. Jackson, Donald Dale // Smithsonian;Dec85, Vol. 16 Issue 9, p100
This article focuses on a campaign being spearheaded by scientist Russell Mittermeier to preserve critical habitat for lemurs, tamarins and other endangered species. Mittermeier and four companions are trekking through a patch of remnant rain forest in a remote part of the state of S�o Paulo,...
- Zoo Babies to the Rescue. Wassner, Sarah // National Geographic Kids;Feb2005, Issue 347, p9
Focuses on the conservation of the specie of lion tamarin monkeys. Zoo where tamarin monkeys are bred; Growth in their population.
- Captive breeding for conservation. Cohn, Jeffrey // BioScience;May88, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p312
Discusses the role of captive breeding in wildlife conservation and for restoring endangered species, whether it has been successful, and whether the strategy should be dropped in favor of other measures. Controversy over captive breeding, which is thought be some to be a waste of money that...
- Less-endangered species. // Scholastic SuperScience;Nov/Dec97, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p3
Forecasts the comeback and decline of select endangered species within the next twenty years in the United States. Reason for initial decline and ultimate comeback of manatees; Reason for decline of ferrets and toads.
- Animal Rescues. // Scholastic News -- Edition 2;Feb2007, Vol. 63 Issue 5, p2
The article discusses how people helped several endangered animals in the U.S., including the American alligator, the gray wolf and the bald eagle.
- Predicting the future for endangered species Wilcove, David // Endangered Species Update;Aug1989, Vol. 6 Issue 10, p40
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