Kenyan environmentalist Truphena Muthoni set a Guinness World Record by hugging a tree for 72 hours, sparking a nationwide ...

In 2002, the movie Ice Age was released with a sloth as one of the characters. Sid the sloth is one of the animated animals that survived the Pleistocene ice age. Actor John Leguizamo is the voice of ...

Sloths appear to have life figured out, and once the details are revealed, being envious makes sense. These tree-dwelling mammals have survived for millions of years by doing things their own way, and ...

Akanksha Awal receives funding from the ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, and St John's College. I would like to thank Hangzhang Ding, an undergraduate at Peking University at the time, who accompanied me in ...

CONCORD, N.C. (WTVD) -- Concord police have made several arrests in connection to the shooting that happened at Concord's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Four people were shot Friday night around ...

CHICAGO (WKOW) -- Shedd Aquarium is adding a sloth resident for the first time in over 20 years, Alface. Alface is a two-toed sloth. She will be an ambassador for her species, helping guests connect ...

The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of Fernando, the beloved two-toed sloth. Keepers noticed he was having trouble breathing. He was taken to the veterinary hospital for care but sadly did not ...

Phoenix Zoo resident Fernando the sloth has died, the Zoo announced on Nov. 9. The death of Phoenix's own Linnaeus's two-toed sloth was announced on Facebook and described as a "sudden" loss by the ...

PITTSBURGH — The National Aviary held a special celebration on Monday morning. The aviary’s Linnaeus’s Two-toed Sloth, Valentino, was born on Halloween. But since the facility is closed on that day, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman's two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society in Florida. Both species ...