The San Diego Zoo welcomed a newborn Linné’s two-toed sloth on Feb. 8, the first of its kind to be born at the zoo since June ...

Four of these were species of ground sloth, three of which unknown to science.. Sloths are notable for their low energy levels and slow, deliberate movements (hence their name). They are part of a ...

Costa Rica's Jaguar Rescue Center made sure to get a baby sloth back to its ... animal accidentally ended up on the ground. On May 10, a baby three-toed sloth accidentally became separated from ...

But there are times when even sloths must leave the comfort of their tree canopies and descend to the ground. Sloths, like all living things, need to defecate, which usually happens once per week.

The mother 3-toed sloth climbed down from the tree she was in after hearing her baby's call Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

Nearly 12,600 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene era, a group of humans hunted and killed a giant ground sloth in Argentina, then left the animal's bones behind, along with their butchering knife.