Video by @cincinnatizooMoe and Lightning share a kiss behind the scenes! Did you know that sloths ‘kiss’?!? Although sloths are considered ‘solitary’ creatures, sharing a kiss between sloths is a ...

Sloth World is rapidly approaching a grand opening on Orlando’s International Drive, its executives say. The 7,500-square-foot facility will be home to more than 40 sloths living in a ...

The apparent docility and friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. The rise in trafficking of these animals led the governments of ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of a beloved animal that has been a zoo staple for eight years. Zoo officials announced on Sunday that Fernando, a Linne’s two-toed sloth, ...

Larisa R. G. DeSantis received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. DeSantis is also a research associate at the La Brea Tar Pits and ...

Rescuers in Venezuela recently saved a sloth trapped on electrical lines, a scene that played out on social media and drew attention to a wider problem plaguing wildlife in the region. The animal, ...

Vasi the sloth bear is using his new limb to dig, climb and play at Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre in India Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

The Erie Zoo welcomed a Linneaus’s two-toed sloth named Coconut from the St. Louis Aquarium. Zoo officials believe the Erie Zoo environment will be better suited for Coconut. Coconut arrived earlier ...

For years, it's been assumed that sloths don't fart. But new footage of a baby sloth letting rip in a water bath has shown that, contrary to popular belief, these tree-dwellers are actually incredibly ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denverites willing to brave the heat and visit the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance this summer may be able to sneak a peek at a new baby sloth snoozing and ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating on ...

Today, sloths are slow-moving, tree-dwelling creatures that live in Central and South America and can grow up to 2.5 feet long. Thousands of years ago, however, some sloths walked along the ground, ...