If you spend much time watching online videos depicting releases of rescued wildlife, you’ll find that most people are ...

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 ...

The Lake Superior Zoo’s two pygmy slow lorises are named Colby and Giorgio. You can find them in the nocturnal building of the zoo. It’s rare for primates to be nocturnal. They’re the only venomous ...

It’s a baby only a mother could love. A rare wide-eyed pygmy slow loris — with eyes as big as its ears and a sleep cycle that would drive even the most patient parents bonkers — has become the first ...

Last week, the musical artist, Lady Gaga, was “nipped” by the world’s only venomous primate, a slow loris, in a misguided attempt to use the animal in a new music video. After it bit the musician, 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 ...

Wildlife releases are usually joyous events. Uplifting scenes of animals cautiously nosing the air as they take their first tentative steps into freedom warm our hearts. However, new research suggests ...

Returning rescued slow lorises to the wild may sound like a conservation success, but a new study shows it can turn deadly. Researchers tracked nine released animals and found that only two survived, ...

A very small, very rare, and very nocturnal new resident is the latest animal to be born at the Bronx Zoo. Zoo officials have announced the birth of an endangered pygmy slow loris, a tiny primate born ...