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 ...

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota announced that it welcomed a two-toed sloth on Wednesday, much to the surprise and delight of the guests who got to witness the rare moment ...

A Costa Rica rescue center offers blankets and bottle-feeding at a nursery for these young animals Photographs by Annie Marie Musselman Text by Niko Zlotnik Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth babies need ...

The sloth in the video above appears to be an adult pale-throated three-toed sloth, or Bradypus tridactylus ... In fact, they are the slowest mammals in the world. Although they can stand ...