Three-toed sloths were conventionally thought to be divided into four species. One – the maned sloth (Bradypus torquatus) – sports a thatch of coarse, brown hair, making the head resemble a ...

"It is a three-toed sloth, not a two-toed sloth, because apparently that would be too fast..." A new record may have just been set for the fastest-moving sloth in the world. And not just any sloth ...

Washington, DC—The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has proposed listing the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act in response to a 2013 emergency petition filed by the Animal ...

Benedict, the two-toed sloth. (Photo courtesy the Fort Wayne Children ... A Facebook video posted by the zoo explains that while two-toed and three-toed sloths sound similar, they are actually ...

This unusual species, which is called the Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth, doesn’t hesitate to deploy teeth or its two large foreclaws when threatened. The other species, which has three forefingers ...