Sloths mate and give birth while hanging in the trees. Three-toed sloth babies are often seen clinging to their mothers—they travel by hanging on to them for the first nine months of their lives.

An animal rescue in Limon, Costa Rica, worked quickly to reunite a baby three-toed sloth with its mother. According to Jaguar Rescue Center‘s Facebook, the mom-baby pair somehow got separated ...

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 ...

On May 10, a baby three-toed sloth accidentally became separated from its mother on a Costa Rica beach, according to SWNS. Unsure where her baby was, the mother sloth started to climb up a tree ...

The species is notably smaller than other species of sloths. An adult pygmy three-toed sloth weighs between 5.5 and 7.7 pounds and measures 19 to 21 inches in length. Their external ear canals are ...