FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working to finalize an executive order to temporarily prohibit the importation of sloths into the state of Florida for 60 ...

The video shows someone hand-feeding a tiny baby sloth who looks very pleased to be munching away, and actually seems to be eating faster than most sloths we've watched. Our first thought was, "How do ...

High in the jungle canopy, a three-toed sloth is surprisingly tricky to spot. Sleepy, sedentary and supremely camouflaged, it often takes an experienced guide to pick out the curve of a hooked claw or ...

The St. Louis Zoo recently announced the opening of a revamped sloth exhibit. Visitors are encouraged to hurry over (unlike a sloth.) You can see the action (or rather inaction) up close at the ...

Five of the sloths that came to the zoo died. The survivors are doing well and getting more comfortable with zoo staff and the veterinary processes required to ensure their health. Eight sloths ...

The Como Zoo says it has picked the name for its baby Hoffman's two-toed sloth. Cusi (pronounced Koo-see) was born on May 6 and is "extremely active, as far as sloths go," according to Zookeeper Em ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — The workers at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St. Paul have named their two-month-old baby sloth "Cusi." Pronounced KOO-see, it's a Quechua word meaning "joy," and it followed a vote ...

One of St. Paul’s newest slowpokes has a name. The sloth born May 6 at the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory will be called Cusi, from a Quechua word for “joy,” the zoo announced this week. Cusi is the ...

Two sloths at Como Zoo & Conservatory are new parents. Sago and Ziggy, both of whom are two-toed sloths, had a baby on May 6. The little one, who is about the size of a grapefruit, hasn’t been named ...

Most people think you need a passport and a questionable amount of frequent flyer miles to get face-to-face with exotic animals. The Exotic Animal Experience in Orlando is here to tell those people ...

Florida lawmakers are moving to tighten sloth rules after dozens of the animals died in connection with a failed Orlando tourist attraction. ClickOrlando reports that on Tuesday, State Rep. Anna ...

Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, but living in dense jungles has made them notoriously difficult to study. For the first time, scientists have now sequenced and analyzed the two-toed ...