There are two different types of sloths, two-toed and three-toed, and six species, according to the Sloth Conservation Foundation. A full-grown sloth can grow to about 2.5 feet long; they weigh 9 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RIGHT NOW, I LOVE SLOTHS. THEY’RE SO. THEY’RE SO FUN. The Racine Zoo welcomed a new member to its animal family. The zoo announced Missy, a Linnae's two-toed sloth now calls Racine home.

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 ...

The results were troubling. Stock image of a sleeping two-toed sloth. Sloths in high-altitude regions show a sharp increase in their resting metabolic rate as temperatures rise, which may make it ...

Hoffman’s two-toed sloths are facing an increase in threats to their existence in the wild, the zoo said. The animals, which are native to Central and South America, are facing challenges which ...

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 ...