The Philippine and Western tarsiers are predominantly lowland species. Eastern tarsiers are spread across many habitats and elevations, except for the pygmy species, which is solely found above ...

Not once in 20 years of searching on the island of Borneo had Tim ever seen a Horsfield's (or western) tarsier. But he didn't give up his search for this small, rare and secretive primate. 'Tarsiers ...

The western tarsier, a rare primate species, has lost large amounts of its Borneo habitat to logging. More of that habitat is likely to disappear because of climate change. Frans Lanting/Corbis ...

Two new species of tarsiers — small primates who may have inspired the character Yoda from Star Wars — have been discovered in Indonesia, scientists announced in a new study published Thursday ...

Tarsiers evolved from a diurnal, or daytime-dwelling, ancestor, splitting from other monkeys and apes around the time the dinosaurs died out, about 64.2 to 58.4 million years ago.

The Philippine and Western tarsiers are predominantly lowland species. Eastern tarsiers are spread across many habitats and elevations, except for the pygmy species, which is solely found above ...

Conservationists are calling for greater protections for the Philippine tarsier, the tiny, wide-eyed primate native to the Mount Matutum area. Populations of these little guys have dropped by 50% ...