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 ...

The tarsier, a tiny primate, is actually one of nature's strangest contradictions. While this agile predator can catch bats in mid-flight, at the same time, it's so weak that stress can make it act in ...

Nocturnal creatures that weigh in at a maximum of about 120 grams (or 4.3 ounces) when fully grown, tarsiers can nevertheless easily leap as far as three meters (about 10 feet) or more in a single ...

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.