COLORADO SPRINGS (KXRM) — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo announced a new arrival just in time for the new year: a baby Hoffman’s two-toed sloth born to 9-year-old Aysan on Wednesday, Dec. 18.

The Hoffman's two-toed sloth is one of the world's slowest mammals—so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of ...

A baby sloth is making its public debut slowly but surely. While the newest addition to the zoo doesn't have a name yet and their gender is still unknown, it is a Hoffman's two-toed sloth who ...

However, it is difficult to accurately estimate the average lifespan among sloth species since there haven’t been many studies conducted in their natural environments. In captivity, the Hoffman's ...