Athena, a beloved sloth, who seemed lively and not slothful, has died at age 7 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in ...

Athena, a fan-favorite two-toed sloth at the National Zoo in DC, died after a sudden medical decline, officials announced.

WASHINGTON — The National Zoo is grieving the loss of a 7-year-old sloth named Athena, who died after a "sudden and irreversible" health decline. According to the National Zoo, Athena developed ...

Two species of sloths — Linnaeus' and Hoffman's — have been granted new international protections at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Convention on International Trade in ...

Tourists snapping selfies with sloths are fueling a booming black market that’s tearing these gentle animals from the Amazon rainforest.

The Dudley Zoo knew their Linne's two-toed sloth Flo was pregnant, but the English zoo didn't expect the baby to arrive until later in the year Zookeepers at the Dudley Zoo were stunned to discover ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society is calling on the community to help choose a name for its newest addition: a baby sloth born to first-time mom, Wilbur. Born ...

Wild Republic, along with the family of Morgan Kaylor, will donate thousands of pink stuffed toy sloths to children at ...

A baby sloth has been reunited with its mother in Costa Rica after it got separated from her in a coastal forest. Staff at the Jaguar Rescue Center on the Central American country’s Playa Chiquita ...