New research painted a more accurate picture of the megafauna that spread widely around the Americas before they went extinct.

But there are times when even sloths must leave the comfort of their tree canopies and descend to the ground. Sloths, like all living things, need to defecate, which usually happens once per week.

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...

Mother Sago, 6, and father Ziggy, 3, are Hoffman’s two-toed sloths that arrived at Como Zoo, located in St. Paul, in spring ...

Sloth Fever, or Oropouche virus, has recently had cases of the virus in the United States, including Florida. Here are 9 ...

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

Tropical rainforests in Central and South America house one of the world’s most unique mammals, the slow-moving, tree-top ...

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) removed a giant stuffed animal sloth from a tree along I-5 in Bellingham on Tuesday. The sloth was about 70 feet up, so crews had ...

Sloth Crossing is the newest exhibit at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The zoo is home to a pair of sloths, Chata and Ruth. The new exhibit will be in the zoo's Play Park area. Two sloths ...

Among those animals are also some of the zoo’s newest babies: twin sloth bear cubs and two koala joeys. “I see guests with a lot more patience when they’re at the habitat,” Thomas said of ...