We share the latest two-toed sloth genetic research, which reveals that there may be more species than we previously thought.
A new study by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) has revealed significant cryptic diversity within two-toed sloths (Choloepus) in Amazonia, challenging ...
Sloths are slow-moving, arboreal mammals living in Central and South America. The two types of sloths are the two-toed sloth and the three-toed sloth. Three-toed sloths are strictly herbivorous, while ...
Binder Park Zoo is celebrating the surprise arrival with a community naming contest featuring three charming South ...
Home to many of the zoo’s primate species, including three of the four great apes: gorillas, orangutans and bonobos, the reimagined indoor space now also features a new species for the zoo, the ...
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Sloth World's website claims it's the world's only "slothnarium" and is designed as a "protected, research-informed habitat" Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth Zoo introduced a new resident to its World of Primates complex after it received much-needed improvements, the zoo announced. After the grand reopening of the World ...
Dozens of sloths destined for a Florida "slotharium" died in a warehouse or while in transit to the Orlando attraction, state wildlife officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...
A three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) is treated by veterinarians at the Wildlife Rescue Center in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on March 16, 2026. The Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center houses many of the ...
A three-toed sloth hangs from a branch at the Metropolitan Natural Park in Panama City Thirty-one sloths planned for a new "slothnarium" in Florida died before the attraction's planned opening, ...