Chata and Baby Ruth, the two-toed sloths living at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, are moving to new quarters. Here's what ...
A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.
This uplifting post from discover.animal shows some good Samaritans helping a lucky sloth make its way across traffic and ...
Some sloths even have moths living in their fur! The sloth provides a habitat for the algae. The algae can then help camouflage the sloth.
An adult pygmy three-toed sloth weighs between 5.5 and 7.7 pounds and measures ... indicative of a relatively rapid evolution of a new species in an isolated, island habitat. Very little is known ...
Gaylene Thomas, a wildlife care manager at the San Diego Zoo, oversees two teams that care for a variety of species, ...
Sloth bears have "rough ... The species is threatened by habitat encroachment, the zoo said, as well as illegal hunting and capture. The species is considered "vulnerable," the zoo said.
Sloth bears are native to India and Sri Lanka ... The bears face major threats, including habitat loss and degradation due to human population growth and human-wildlife conflict.