Tarsiers have five chitinase genes to digest the high amount of chitin in their insectivorous diet, which likely represents the ancestral condition of all placental animals, including humans.

In August of last year, a group of American scientists traveled to the 6,900-foot mountaintops of Lore Lindu National Park and captured three others—two males and one female—the first live tarsiers ...

"Smile, baby, smile," Parreño said. DENR said in a statement that it has begun a probe into the incident and that the two tarsiers featured in the video were released into the wild. "The ...