With a pair of teddy bear eyes, a button nose, and face that looks like a cross between a red panda and a sloth, the Javan slow loris may well be one of the cutest critters on the planet.

The slow loris seems adorable. But its venomous bite can cause necrotic wounds. New research shows how these primates use their venom in the wild.

“It causes necrosis, so animals may lose an eye, a scalp or half their face.” An adult male slow loris named Azka (who happens to be Alomah’s father) baring its teeth, which show the ...

the Sumatran slow loris. Both are considered endangered. The animals face a number of threats to their survival, including the wildlife trade and habitat loss caused by deforestation. “I went to ...

they have the opportunity to learn about this unique and venomous primate and also to understand the threats they face in the wild and what they can do to help.” With pygmy slow lorises—as ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Cincinnati Zoo said the pygmy slow loris had an accident just a week after his mother, Blackwell, gave birth to him. Officials are unclear how the accident occurred as it happened off-camera.