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And yet, relatively little is known about slow lorises, says Stephanie Poindexter, PhD, assistant professor of anthropology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences. That’s one reason ...
A zoo is celebrating the birth of rare and endangered pygmy slow loris twins. The tiny mammals were born at Amazon World Zoo Park on the Isle of Wight, to parents Lapek and Ramina, a breeding pair ...
A new, rare baby — so small, it could fit in the palm of your hand — is calling a Tennessee zoo home. The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which ...
A pygmy slow loris was given the name “Luke” after losing his arm in an accident. Cincinnati Zoo Zoo officials said the primate received daily treatment until his arm was healed.
The newest addition to the Memphis Zoo's primate gang, a ping pong ball-sized pygmy slow loris, is being hand-raised behind the scenes, the zoo announced Monday. Born on Dec. 13, the rare and ...
Although pygmy slow lorises reach sexual maturity around 9 months of age for females and 1.5 years of age for males, often they do not successfully reproduce until 2 to 3 years of age. Naga and Pabu’s ...
Indonesian police have rescued 34 slow lorises destined to be sold as pets on Facebook. The officers discovered the critically-endangered species crammed into cages in West Java.
A new, rare baby — so small, it could fit in the palm of your hand — is calling a Tennessee zoo home. The Memphis Zoo welcomed the baby pygmy slow loris in a Jan. 29 Facebook video, which ...