WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal responds to a 2013 petition filed after officials ...

The two-toed sloths are also slightly larger than their three-toed counterparts, and both fall under different taxonomic Family. Altogether, there are six sloth species that are found in the Americas, ...

Pale-throated three-toed sloths have long ... and hundreds of other vulnerable species, from being killed by traffic. The ...

The Como Park Zoo and Conservatory welcomed its newest member on Wednesday after a sloth unexpectedly gave birth.

Mother Sago, 6, and father Ziggy, 3, are Hoffman’s two-toed sloths that arrived at Como Zoo, located in St. Paul, in spring of 2023 as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival ...

They took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis, or the Chitwan bent-toed ... Here are three of our ...