Two days after the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) closed its investigation into Sloth World without recommending criminal charges, reaction and calls for legislative change continue to build ...

The sloth is a byword for slowness, a tree-dwelling mammal that moves so gradually algae grows in its fur. So it comes as a ...

As the CEO of Central Florida Zoo writes, Florida must make changes in how exotic animals are imported and protected to avoid ...

Sheriff's report attributes mass sloth deaths at Orlando attraction to disease and stress rather than criminal abuse.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant ...

Cincinnati zoo sloths Lightning and Moe are expecting their first offspring, due in September or October For the first time ever, the Cincinnati Zoo is expecting a new addition to its sloth family.

As the Sloth Conservation Foundation writes, Oct. 20 is "more than an excuse to take it easy, it is a day to recognize an important member of tropical ecosystems" Kate Hogan was Director of Digital ...

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The Small Mammal House at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo has a new resident worth slowing down for. Visitors can now see Athena, a 1½-year-old female two-toed sloth in her new home that she shares ...

The Lincoln Park Zoo announced Wednesday that it was offering a "slow and sleepy welcome" to its newest animal resident.

The northern and southern maned sloths may look very similar from the outside, but their genomes reveal different stories: The two species have faced very distinct conditions in Brazil's Atlantic ...