Sloths are notoriously slow. Living in rainforests in Central and South America, sloths spend most of their time hanging upside down in the trees, rarely coming down to the ground. There are two main ...

Meet Alface, the new two-toed sloth at Shedd Aquarium. Learn her story and explore how she inspires rainforest conservation.

The Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo has a new resident worth slowing down for. Visitors can now see Athena, a 1½-year-old female two-toed sloth in her new home that she shares ...

Sally, a seven-year-old Linne's Two-Toed sloth, is easing into her new home after a near 250-mile journey up the A1 from her old abode. The animal arrived at Northumberland Zoo near Morpeth two weeks ...

Sloths, the world's slowest mammals, have evolved over 64 million years into a species that thrives throughout Central America and northern South America, but climate change and human sprawl could be ...

MIAMI, March 29 (UPI) --An adorable sloth at a Florida zoo celebrated the arrival of spring by taking his sweet time noshing on a delicious orange flower. The video, posted to Facebook by the ...

Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs. These differences in habitat are primarily what drove the wide difference in size between sloth species. But ...

Rainforest-inspired setting in heart of Central Florida’s tourism district will house dozens of the low-energy animals, encourage research.

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Conventional wisdom has it that sloths are simple, lazy creatures that do very little other than sleep all day. Even the very name “sloth” in most languages translates to some version of “lazy.” It ...

A vulnerable sloth is seen facing off against a large dog in an image that highlights a heartbreaking conservation issue. American photographer Suzi Eszterhas entered it into the 58th Wildlife ...