Slow lorises are a study in contradictions. With wide eyes and furry bodies, these slow-moving, pint-sized primates look like ...

The ping pong ball-sized pygmy slow loris was born on Dec. 13 at the Memphis Zoo. The newborn is being "hand-raised behind ...

With its big, soulful eyes and soft fur, the slow loris looks like it was designed for cuddles. But this nocturnal primate hides a dark secret: its bite is venomous. Slow lorises secrete a toxin ...

“The naturally slow motion of its limbs enables the loris to approach ... The singularly large and intense eyes of the loris have attracted the attention of the Singhalese, who capture the creature ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. After videos of slow lorises being tickled and fed rice balls in captivity swept the Internet, the wide-eyed animals ...

Not so cute. The slow lorises wide eyes send our cute responses spiralling. Their pupil can dilate so wide that they are able to hunt with amazing accuracy in dim starlight.

Others carry diseases that can be life-threatening. The slow loris is a small, round-eyed primate that looks like a living teddy bear. With its big eyes and soft fur, it seems harmless.