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 ...

Tarsiers are little-known nocturnal primates about the size of a tennis ball. Once more widespread, the animals are now limited to the Southeast Asian islands of the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. Today, it’s believed fewer than 1000 tarsiers remain on Bohol, the Central Philippines island where ...

A tarsier could be screaming its head off and you would never know it. Uniquely among primates, some of the diminutive mammal’s calls are made up of pure ultrasound. Marissa Ramsier of Humboldt State ...

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 ...

Among the world's rarest animals, these tiny, alien-like creatures that evoke Yoda from Star Wars only exist in the forests of a few Asian islands. Today, it’s believed fewer than 1000 tarsiers remain ...