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 ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

Fans of the movie franchise Zootopia know that sloths make the perfect DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles) workers.

It’s surprisingly hard to catch a sloth. Although they’re slow — very, very slow — if you climb a tree to catch one, it will move along to the next tree. Once you climb the new tree, it will move back ...

When you picture the jungle, your mind might jump to roaring tigers, monkeys swinging wildly from tree to tree, or bright parrots flitting between branches. But high above, in the dense green canopy, ...

While Latin America is home to the trafficking of all manner of species, several foundations are working to save arguably its slowest-moving victims: the sloths. The trafficking of these placid ...

The newborn two-toed sloth, nicknamed Nova, is the first animal to be born in 2023 at the London Zoo Contributor, PEOPLE There's a new sloth in town! On Thursday, the London Zoo announced the birth of ...

A sloth scientist, her tree-climbing BFF, and their dog work to save Costa Rica’s sloth populations. A sloth scientist, her tree-climbing BFF, and their dog work to save Costa Rica’s sloth populations ...

Time to take it slow! Oct. 20 marks International Sloth Day and what better way to mark the occasion than by looking at some cute pics of the furry creatures to keep the day going? Sloths are known ...

The Colorado zoo shared that the "mom and baby are healthy and thriving" after the Linne's two-toed sloth's birth on Jan. 26 Contributor, PEOPLE New baby sloth alert! On Feb. 2, the Denver Zoo ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-- A Long Island town says a business that allows customers to hold, feed and now sell sloths is defying a court order to stop operating. Its owner claims he's complying with the law.