Beneath a tree where a sloth sleeps, juvenile caimans lurk in the long grasses. The air is thick with the sound of an ...

Athena, a beloved sloth, who seemed lively and not slothful, has died at age 7 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...

CHICAGO (WKOW) -- Shedd Aquarium is adding a sloth resident for the first time in over 20 years, Alface. Alface is a two-toed sloth. She will be an ambassador for her species, helping guests connect ...

The apparent docility and friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. The rise in trafficking of these animals led the governments of ...

Phoenix Zoo resident Fernando the sloth has died, the Zoo announced on Nov. 9. The death of Phoenix's own Linnaeus's two-toed sloth was announced on Facebook and described as a "sudden" loss by the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of a beloved animal that has been a zoo staple for eight years. Zoo officials announced on Sunday that Fernando, a Linne’s two-toed sloth, ...

The Erie Zoo announced the recently acquired Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, Coconut, died on Oct. 26. The sloth was found on Oct. 18 laying on the floor with no sign of appetite, low body temperature and ...

Roger Williams Park Zoo has revealed the name of the baby two-toed sloth born earlier this month. "Say hello to Quint! This little one is named after captain Quint from the movie Jaws!" they wrote in ...

Roger Williams Zoo just welcomed its tiniest new tenant: a baby two-toed sloth. On Oct. 11, the new sloth was born at the zoo to mother, Fiona and dad, Riley. It is not known yet whether the sloth is ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery will celebrate International Sloth Day this Saturday. Patience, the two-toed sloth, will be at the museum’s Caryl D. Philips Space Theater on ...

Vasi the sloth bear is using his new limb to dig, climb and play at Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre in India Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Shane Ryan, an American-born three-time Olympian for Ireland, announced via social media that he is stepping away from competitive swimming. Ryan made the post on social media. “After years of ...