Although it sounds like a grade-B science fiction movie, fossils show that our ancestors once hunted and fought giant ground sloths. For the first time, scientists have uncovered fossilized footprints ...

This uplifting post from discover.animal shows some good Samaritans helping a lucky sloth make its way across traffic and into the forest. Sloths are typically docile and are rarely a danger to people ...

For a listing and recovery biologist, it was just a regular day. United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Luke Pearson was recently doing field research in Northeast Mississippi on a species of ...

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 ...

Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs. These differences in habitat are primarily what drove the wide difference in size between sloth species. But ...

This heartwarming clip shows a newborn sloth clinging to its mom, offering a glimpse into sloth parenting and conservation success.

The newborn two-toed sloth, nicknamed Nova, is the first animal to be born in 2023 at the London Zoo Contributor, PEOPLE There's a new sloth in town! On Thursday, the London Zoo announced the birth of ...

It's a swinging start to the new year at the London Zoo. Born New Year's Day, the adorable baby sloth has been aptly named Nova, which means "New" in Latin.Zookeepers won’t know the baby's sex until ...

Two sloth bear cubs born at the San Diego Zoo in late 2024 made their first public appearance on Thursday. The zoo shared a clip of the cubs emerging from their private den with their mother Shala.