A new study tracked nine rescued slow lorises in Bangladesh and found that seven of them died within months of release.

Releasing rescued slow lorises back into the wild may sound heroic, but most don’t survive. In one study, seven out of nine were killed—largely by other lorises defending their territory.

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 ...

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 ...

The slow loris hardly looks dangerous with its huge, round eyes, soft fur, and tiny hands gripping tree branches; the animal ...

Returning rescued slow lorises to the wild may sound like a conservation success, but a new study shows it can turn deadly. Researchers tracked nine released animals and found that only two survived, ...

Cute, discreet, and nocturnal, primates usually rely on intelligence rather than chemical weapons to survive. Yet one small species breaks the rule. Hidden deep in the forests of Southeast Asia, this ...

Wildlife releases are usually joyous events. Uplifting scenes of animals cautiously nosing the air as they take their first ...

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 ...