This adorable yet dangerous animal from the rainforests of Southeast Asia faces extinction hampered by the illegal trade in ...

The birth was the first primate for the Zoo’s newly reopened World of Darkness exhibit. Adult pygmy slow lorises weigh about one pound, and are found exclusively in the bamboo and forests of Southeast ...

While they may look like innocent, wide-eyed plush toys on social media, slow lorises hide a far more violent reality. New research from 2026 shows that for these endangered primates, returning to the ...

Adult male slow loris showing venomous saliva. Source: Andrew Walmsley, used with permission. The slow loris seems adorable. But its puppy-dog eyes and charming face mask belie its wild nature: These ...

Meet Memphis Zoo's venomous but adorable new addition: a ping pong ball-sized pygmy slow loris. The tiny primate, who has not yet been named, was born on Dec. 13 to Samper and Artemis at the Memphis ...

A study in Bangladesh found that seven of nine rescued Bengal slow lorises died within six months of release, showing that rewilding trafficked animals can become a “death trap” if habitat and social ...

What’s the difference between a poisonous and venomous animal? What’s the difference between a poisonous and venomous animal?