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 ...

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 ...

If you thought this venom was just for dispatching predators, think again. A study published in Current Biology revealed a surprising twist: among 82 Javan slow lorises captured by researchers, nearly ...

An accident when he was just days old led to an adorable primate at an Ohio zoo being named after a powerful Jedi master. The Cincinnati Zoo said the pygmy slow loris had an accident just a week after ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

New 2026 research shows that most rescued Bengal slow lorises released back into the wild die within a few months. Their biggest threat is each other, as slow lorises are venomous and use toxic bites ...