Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor.

In the Zoo’s ‘Animals of Australia’ habitat, there’s double the reason to celebrate. Emu pair, Bruce and Sheila have welcomed ...

There have been a number of new arrivals of some of the world’s rarest and most vulnerable species at Belfast Zoo over recent ...

New research shows 8,000-pound sloths once dug caves, adapted to oceans, and roamed widely—until climate and humans brought their downfall.

Massive Megatherium sloths once stood as large as Asian elephants, ripping foliage off treetops with prehensile tongues like ...

For those whose hearts beat faster at the thought of spotting wild animals in their natural habitat, nothing compares to the ...

A tropical red sun is setting over Caño Palma as we head out for our evening paddle in Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park.

After birth, a baby sloth clings to its mother’s belly for ... tree-hugging climbers of the rainforest.

The baby's coming. Yay ... In all my years, I've only ever seen one sloth in the primary rainforest. So I'm a little pessimistic about whether we're going to actually find any today.

Once they’re adults, they’ll be microchipped and released back into the rainforest ... of returning animals to the wild. A baby Hoffman’s two-toed sloth lies in a basket during ...

Baby sloths will remain attached to their moms ... is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South American rainforest home.