Sloths once roamed the Americas, ranging from tiny, cat-sized animals that lived in trees all the way up to massive ground sloths that may have weighed up to six tons. The only species we know and ...

New studies by two research teams published today in the journals Nature Ecology and Evolution and Current Biology challenge decades of accepted scientific opinion concerning the evolutionary ...

It’s pretty surprising to see a 27-year-old jump into her mother’s arms and insist on being held like a baby. At The Sloth Sanctuary outside of Cahuita, Costa Rica, though, such a sight is ordinary.

At the centre of a long-running legal battle is the sloth bear, a Schedule I species, endemic to the Indian subcontinent, now ...

Let’s just get one thing straight: Sloths are the most magical creatures on earth. They are adorable, love warm climates, laze about all day, and their course furry bodies provide a home to hundreds ...

Oct. 20 is International Sloth Day, but every day is a good day to learn more about one of the coolest animals on the planet. The small cuddly sloths of today were not so adorable a few million years ...

A sloth perches languidly on a branch in one of Costa Rica’s vast forest preserves. (Gabriella Chavez/WUFT News) LA FORTUNA, COSTA RICA — Near a lively stretch of Highway 142, one of Costa Rica’s ...

When professional diver Vicente Fito first came across a fairly large skeleton while diving in an underwater sinkhole south of Cancun, Mexico, he thought the bones belonged to a cow. However, ...

The Promised Land Zoo in Branson opened its latest expansion with more than 30 indoor exhibits, including a room for up-close encounters with sloths.

Two female sloths named Chata and Baby Ruth have, slowly, taken up residence at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. Chata is a 29-year-old Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, while Baby Ruth is a 6-year-old ...

Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in ...