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 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 ...

With their round eyes, plush fur and tiny hands, pygmy slow lorises look like they were designed to be cradled. Yet this baby primate, no bigger than a squirrel, hides one of the strangest and most ...

The birth of a baby animal is always an exciting time, but for the team at the Bronx Zoo, the recent pitter-patter of tiny pygmy slow loris paws is an extra special sound – and it’s made for a video ...

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 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) - The Memphis Zoo has announced its newest animal and he’s so small he can fit in your pocket. A baby pygmy slow loris — a very rare and endangered nocturnal primate — ...

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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...