Endangered pygmy slow loris Ernest and black-capped squirrel monkey Nuka were brought into the zoo’s hospital for dental operations. The post Watch this zoo’s smallest primates take a trip to the ...

A never-ending fascination for the slow loris, a nocturnal primate native to Southeast Asia, drives Stephanie Poindexter’s research into conservation of the endangered species. Several drawings in ...

Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve is a vital hotspot of biodiversity, home to a thriving population of the slender loris.

The Order Primates is an extraordinarily diverse and intelligent group of mammals found throughout Central and South America, Asia, and Africa that comprises 504 species of our closest living ...

When cute is a curse Slow lorises are small primates. The 5 species of slow loris currently recognised are adapted to life in the forests of southeast Asia. They are nocturnal, and with their ...

The YouTube videos generated thousands of comments about the primate’s adorable looks, but they also highlighted a grievous threat facing slow lorises: demand for them as pets. All species of ...

What features distinguish primates from other mammals? This question is of central importance to Biological Anthropology - the study of primate adaptation and evolution. In addition to having ...

Several of the wet-nosed primates – including lemurs, lorises and galagos – and almost all of the marmosets and tamarins from South America give birth to twins. Prior to our work, researchers ...

The venom of a slow loris can cause a response similar to an allergic reaction, including rashes, trouble breathing, and a potentially deadly drop in blood pressure ...