Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to digest a meal and poop just once a week. Their closest living relatives are ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) announced Jan. 6 that two sloth bear cubs were born ...

Sloths aren’t just adorable, they’re actually pretty impressive, believe it or not. Some of the world’s biggest creatures spend their lives high above the ground, which feels almost impossible when ...

The replica of a giant sloth discovered off Randall Parkway in 1991 is on the move to the Cape Fear Museum's new space in ...

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.