Sloths showed surprising speed to escape from zookeepers who were trying to catch them for health checkups. The slow-moving mammals were being captured so the vet could give them vaccine shots in ...

They’re slow, they’re sleepy, and they’ve taken over the internet—but sloths are more than just cute animals hanging from ...

An award-winning zoologist, her spirited right-hand woman, and their sloth-sniffing rescue dog team up in Costa Rica’s lush jungles for the first-ever ...

Climb into the jungle canopy with Tamara Ávila Atagua as she builds life-saving bridges for sloths in Costa Rica.

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has removed a second giant stuffed sloth from a tree over Interstate 5 (I-5) near Bellingham, reported My Bellingham Now on Monday.

Imagine a world where forests echoed with the slow, thunderous steps of creatures as large as small cars. Millions of years ...

Stone Zoo in Stoneham welcomes a Linne’s two-toed sloth pup, born to Lunesta and Nero. The baby, their eighth, is thriving ...

Costa Rica’s highways are packed with animal lovers searching for a glimpse of a sloth or red-eyed tree frog. Too many of the ...

Costa Rica has enlightened wildlife protection laws guided by the motto "when in doubt, favor nature." But the sheer number of tourists seeking wildlife encounters can stress or harm the animals ...

The sloth presented a visual distraction to drivers and a safety risk if it fell from the tree and into the travel lanes. (WSDOT photo) TOPICS: BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Washington State ...