Known for their peaceful appearance and the impression that they’re always smiling, sloths now have extra protection to ...

Opening in February 2026, the world’s first and only "Slotharium" offers guests a guided, small-group experience inside a ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

Long before modern sloths became slow-moving tree dwellers, their ancestors were enormous ground beasts. These ancient sloths stood as tall as elephants and weighed several tons. Fossil evidence shows ...

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

It’s not easy to find a sloth in the middle of the forest. They spend most of their time in the tree canopy and are masters of camouflage, thanks to their slow movements and the algae attached to ...

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 ...

Athena, the Linnaeus's two-toed sloth at the National Zoo, died overnight on November 13 after rapidly losing weight ...

On World Conservation Day, Drusillas is sharing just some of the hard work that goes on at the Sussex zoo to ensure a future ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, came into force 50 years ago and remains one of the most ...

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 ...

Nine years is a lifetime for foxes and hares. But it’s also the ideal space between installments in a thoughtful animated franchise (see “Inside Out 2”). Back in 2016, Disney’s wildly popular ...