Sago, 6 years old, went into labor on April 2, surprising senior zookeeper Jill Erzar. Although Erzar had suspected Sago was ...

ST. PAUL — Visitors to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul got a surprise on Wednesday, April 2, when a two-toed ...

Sago, a six-year-old sloth, with her newborn baby after giving birth in front of zoo guests. Como Park Zoo & Conservatory Zoo ...

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 ...

Mother Sago, 6, and father Ziggy, 3, are Hoffman’s two-toed sloths that arrived at Como Zoo, located in St. Paul, in spring of 2023 as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival ...

Visitors to the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory were given an unexpected treat this week when one of its resident sloths gave ...

By Jeanne Timmons Ground sloths emerged in South America tens of million years ago, eventually ranging as far north as Canada. While their modern relatives dwell in trees and top out at the size ...

On February 8, the San Diego Zoo celebrated the birth of a new baby sloth. The adorable little guy, born to sloth mama Xena, is her third baby. He was the first sloth pup to be born at the San ...

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 ...

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.

That makes spotting a baby difficult because the pouch is located on the mom’s tummy area where humans have a belly button.

Six-year-old sloth Sago holds her newborn baby while hanging from a large branch at the Como Zoo. Visitors to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul got a surprise on Wednesday when a two ...