Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly featured on children's backpacks, stationery and lunch boxes—are slow-moving ...

Baby animals are our favorite. Puppies, kittens, chicks, bunnies — the list goes on and on! And if you go to the Roger ...

(WHTM)– A Pennsylvania zoo’s newest star, a one-month-old sloth, will soon make its debut to the public. The Elmwood Park Zoo, located in Norristown, Pennsylvania, today announced the birth of the ...

There is a new Beanie Baby in town and fans can see it in public for the first time on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The furry friend, currently known as “Beanie’s Baby,” was born on Aug. 26 at Elmwood Park Zoo ...

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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...

Larisa R. G. DeSantis received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. DeSantis is also a research associate at the La Brea Tar Pits and ...