This unusual species, which is called the Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth, doesn’t hesitate to deploy teeth or its two large foreclaws when threatened. The other species, which has three forefingers ...

For the first time in three years, Reynardo, the Birmingham Zoo’s Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth can be seen by the public. The beloved 35 year-old sloth, who has been a resident at the Birmingham Zoo ...

Two-toed sloths are slightly larger and more active, while the three-toed ones have specialized features like extra neck vertebrae. Scientists believe their similarities are a result of convergent ...

Linne’s two-toed sloths are furry mammals that live in the trees of tropical forests in South America. They spend almost their whole lives dangling upside-down from branches using their four ...

“But I don’t mind working at sloth speed.” In the wild, two-toed sloths are found across the northern part of South America, including in some unexpected places. They are threatened by ...

(WHDH) - A baby two-toed sloth was born at the Stone Zoo Wednesday ... The sloth is expected to hold on tightly to its mother during its first month. Sloths eat a primarily vegetarian diet ...

Courtesy: Como Park Zoo and Conservatory The two-toed sloths have a lengthy gestation period of about 11.5 months. Immediately after birth, the baby clung to its mother’s fur and made its way to ...

A sloth has had pioneering dental surgery to cure toothache. Rico is believed to be the first sloth to undergo such an operation, which was carried out by a team at Chester Zoo working alongside ...

Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul, Minnesota announced that it welcomed a two-toed sloth on Wednesday ... Some traveled across the country. "Sloths are my favorite animal so I was ...

A 6-year-old, two-toed sloth unexpectedly went into labor ... paired with a male named Ziggy for breeding purposes. Although sloths don't show visible signs during their 11.5-month pregnancy ...

Colchester Zoological Society is already home to three Linne's two-toed sloths; two males called Tucurui and Calypso, and one female named Carmen. Angela Matthews, the zoo's head keeper ...