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 baby loris was born at the Ohio on February 24 to parents Gouda and Muenster. Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal rescue and ...

WASHINGTON — We all love animals, and we love them more when we find similarities with them. That could be why two pygmy slow loris babies are catching everyone's attention at the Smithsonian National ...

The Memphis Zoo in Tennessee is celebrating a rare birth. The zoo recently announced the addition of a Pygmy Slow Loris, a super-rare, super-venomous primate. They even shared a video of the ...

The slow loris hardly looks dangerous with its huge, round eyes, soft fur, and tiny hands gripping tree branches; the animal almost resembles a plush toy someone forgot in the forest. That appearance ...

Javan slow lorises are now one of only six mammal species known to use venom against individuals of their own species. Aprisonsan via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 International Slow lorises—a ...

For the Bronx Zoo, Christmas came early in 2025. On December 13, the Zoo celebrated the birth of the first primate born in the Zoo’s new immersive World of Darkness exhibit. Its first new primate ...