While divers were searching for Maya artifacts in 2014, they came across the remains of an ancient giant sloth in a deep sinkhole in Cara Blanca, Belize. They managed to retrieve fossils of the ...

The CDC is sending out a warning about the Oropouche virus — also known as “sloth fever” — as several cases have been reported in Florida A potentially deadly virus known as “sloth fever” has made its ...

The image starkly depicts the challenges sloths face as humans increasingly encroach on their habitat. All five species of ...

Many thousands of years ago, the Sarasota-Manatee area was home to a diverse mix of now-extinct mammals—most notably, saber-tooth cats, mastodons and giant ground sloths called Megatherium, which ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A beloved 1-month-old sloth died this week at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, in the same week a baby emperor tamarin was welcomed into the world. According to zoo officials, the ...

Dallas Zoo Sr. Zoologist Jef Tingley's speaks about the importance of working with animals and engaging them with the public. A new cute little face is hanging around at the Dallas Zoo. The zoo on ...

A utility crew digging a trench in Florida came across a fossilized part of an 11,000-year-old giant ground sloth that was originally named by Thomas Jefferson. The team in Florida’s Manatee County ...

SEATTLE — A 20-year-old sloth bear at the Woodland Park Zoo has died, zoo officials announced on Friday. Tasha, a female sloth bear, was euthanized after veterinarians found she had cancer during a ...

Sloth bears are the world's deadliest bear. As their habitat shrinks, India's forest communities are finding ways to co-exist with them. Tech Now explores how space innovation could help solve the ...