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.

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

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

All images courtesy of Two Kids and a Coupon Sloths are one of the most adorable animals in the world, and they make for great coloring pages. Whether you're a kid or an adult, coloring sloths is ...

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

“It’s a bird! It’s a plane!” It’s... a giant stuffed sloth? That’s right-- crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) removed a giant stuffed animal sloth ...

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory visitors and staff were surprised to witness the birth of a Hoffman’s two-toed sloth Wednesday while the baby’s mother was on exhibit. “We couldn’t have ...

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 ...

After watching over drivers on northbound Interstate 5 near Bellingham for more than a year, a giant stuffed sloth had its last day atop a tree near Lake Samish on Tuesday. Sloths aren’t native ...

On February 8, the San Diego Zoo celebrated the birth of a new baby sloth. The adorable little guy, born to sloth mama Xena, is her third baby. He was the first sloth pup to be born at the San ...