Mother and baby Tarsier in Tangkoko. Photo by Rhett Butler. The spectral tarsier of Sulawesi is one of the world’s smallest primates, weighing roughly the equivalent ten U.S. quarters when full-grown.

A baby Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) with its mother in Tangkoko National Park, Sulawesi. The Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) is found on the island of Sulawesi and adjacent islands in ...

Known for their enormous eyes and extraordinary leaping skills, tarsiers are among the smallest primates on Earth and one of the most fascinating members of the animal kingdom. As detailed in the ...

LAWRENCE — It's not a monkey. It's not a lemur. It's not an African Bush Baby or even a Madagascan Mouse. Meet the Philippine tarsier: a tiny, adorable and downright "cool" primate from Southeast Asia ...

Friends, we’ve found it. The most adorable—and therefore the best—new species of the year. It’s got bulging eyes, slender toes, and a tail twice the length of its minuscule body. If a chinchilla and a ...

Tarsiers, the smallest primates, are unique for being fully carnivorous, feeding on live prey like insects and small vertebrates. These Southeast Asian natives possess enormous eyes for exceptional ...