Little Fireface Project

19/09/2026

An interview with our Director Dr Anna Nekaris

Our next Primatology Profile is out now, and it's an International Slow Loris Day special! 🤩 We interviewed Prof Anna Nekaris, OBE on her work researching and conserving nocturnal primates, and her career path in primatology! See our website to read the full interview: https://www.psgb.org/pages/primatology-profiles

14/09/2026

Happy International Slow Loris Day! 💚🦥

Did you know the slow loris is the world's only venomous primate? Despite their adorable appearance, these remarkable animals face threats from habitat loss and the illegal wildlife trade.

We’ve been celebrating these unique creatures today at the Animal Zone, and through our support of Little Fireface Project, are also helping to raise awareness of the importance of protecting them in the wild.

14/09/2026

A message from our Director, Professor Anna Nekaris, the world's leading authority on slow lorises, on this International Slow Loris Day. 🦥

For more on everything we've covered this Slow Loris Outreach Week head to the link in our bio. Our website has it all laid out in full, with expanded resources you can download and take with you on your own travels.

Thank you for following along this week. Every person who takes the time to learn this properly makes the forest, and the lorises in it, a little safer.

12/09/2026

Slow lorises are beautiful, who wouldn’t want to photograph one? Here’s how to do it right: locate and focus under red light first, then let a single off-camera flash do the rest. Simple, quick, and kind to the loris’s eyes.

10/09/2026

Show your love for wildlife by respecting it, here are some of our tips to make the most out of your loris encounter experience

10/09/2026

Spot the difference: flashlight edition
Top: two slow lorises under red light. Bottom: a slow loris under white light. Under red light, they are relaxed and behaving normally. Under white light, it is frozen in fear, squinting in the blinding light, unable to run away.

Many forest guides ban flash photography and think that covers it — but a white torch beam or filming light held on an animal causes the same reaction, often for longer than a single flash would. Banning flash means nothing if white light is still being used to walk or film.
If you’re ever planning a night walk, ask your guide one question before you go: red light for the whole encounter, walking and filming both — not just no flash. If they can’t say yes to that, that’s your answer on whether to book them.

08/09/2026

It’s our favourite time of the year, Slow Loris Outreach Week! This year we are highlighting the importance of responsible tourism when it comes to viewing nocturnal species in the wild.

Like many animals, lorises can be negatively affected by human presence, and this is amplified by improper tour protocols. Follow along this week as we dive deeper into this topic to learn how you can love lorises the right way!

11/04/2026

📊 For everyone who lives and breathes research — this one’s for you!

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