Along with modified front teeth to host ornaments, these skulls were artificially deformed to create a physical ... including giant ground sloths and glyptodonts (enormous armadillos).

The excavation near Loop 88 has already dug up a giant find — the tooth of a Giant Ground Sloth. “We know we’ve found Giant Ground Sloth by its distinctive tooth,” said Chris Ringstaff ...

Sloths are notoriously hard to see and therefore can be hard to help. But one furry creature is at the heart of sloth conservation in Costa Rica: Keysha. See how Keysha can detect sloths (spoiler ...

She was quiet, but fierce. And she was a mom to two sets of twins. The sloth bear was humanely euthanized at the Woodland Park Zoo after being recently diagnosed with advanced cancer, the Seattle ...

Woodland Park Zoo has said goodbye to a very important grandma. Tasha, a 20-year-old sloth bear known for her beautiful coat, hazel eyes, and love of cinnamon, was humanely euthanized after being ...

A two-toed sloth has undergone pioneering surgery at Chester Zoo after a series of health checks revealed he had two root abscesses. Amazing images show the moment 25-year-old Rico willingly ...

Credit: flickr Sloths can rotate their heads up to 270 degrees thanks to extra neck vertebrae. That’s more than most other similar species and even humans. This flexibility enables them to stay ...

A new female sloth has arrived at a zoo in a bid to help its sloth family grow. Seven-year-old Midnight arrived at Colchester Zoo from the Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park as part of a ...

The north Essex zoo welcomed a new Linne’s two-toed sloth named Midnight back in March. The seven-year-old arrived from Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park and joins two males called ...

Sloths spend most of their time eating and hanging around in trees. Nice as that kind of lifestyle sounds, it's easy to see how it might get a little uncomfortable after a while. With a full ...

This abandoned sloth cub has the bear necessities of life…thanks to the good samaritans that gave him a second chance. Little Jim was found frightened, weak and alone inside a cramped culvert ...