A young two-toed sloth makes her debut at Shedd Aquarium, inspiring visitors to connect with wildlife and rainforest conservation. Shedd Aquarium is home to a sloth once again after more than 20 years ...

CHICAGO (WKOW) -- Shedd Aquarium is adding a sloth resident for the first time in over 20 years, Alface. Alface is a two-toed sloth. She will be an ambassador for her species, helping guests connect ...

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 ...

The Erie Zoo announced the recently acquired Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, Coconut, died on Oct. 26. The sloth was found on Oct. 18 laying on the floor with no sign of appetite, low body temperature and ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery will celebrate International Sloth Day this Saturday. Patience, the two-toed sloth, will be at the museum’s Caryl D. Philips Space Theater on ...

Got a cute sloth you're trying to come up with a name for? Alright, chances are you probably don't have a pet sloth living at home with you. However, if you work at a zoo or animal sanctuary, or if ...

Bean, the two-toed sloth at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, hangs from the ropes in her enclosure in The Loft. Bean, the 6-year-old Hoffman’s two-toed sloth at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, died recently ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (CMZoo) has announced that Bean, their beloved Hoffman’s two-toed sloth, passed away after a short bout with kidney and heart disease on Sept. 24. She was ...

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 ...

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 ...

Salisbury Zoo's four-year-old sloth, Bayou, was euthanized due to end-stage renal disease. The zoo provided extensive care for Bayou, including specialized veterinary treatment and enrichment ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — A Linne’s two-toed sloth pup ...