Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating ...

“Hang out and celebrate International Sloth Day this October 20. Sloths are slow-moving mammals often found in Central and South America. The two major types are the two-toed and three-toed sloths.

Wicket the sloth, on display as part of a rainforest exhibit currently at the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG), was downright speedy as he swung through the branches in his display case on Wednesday.

Rico, who is 25 years old, had a three-hour operation at Chester Zoo's animal care centre, with the infected tissue surrounding two of the sloth's teeth removed.

Colchester Zoological Society is already home to three Linne's two-toed sloths; two males called Tucurui and Calypso, and one female named Carmen. Angela Matthews, the zoo's head keeper, said: "So ...

A new female sloth has arrived at a zoo in the hope that she may help grow its sloth family. Midnight, a seven-year-old Linne's two-toed sloth, arrived at Colchester Zoological Society in Essex ...