A Louisiana conservationist was arrested at an airport in January. Former employees have since criticized his management of his Ethel zoo, claiming frequent animal deaths and escapes.

The apparent friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. In their home range of South and Central America, tourism companies encourage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sloth World is slated to open in late February 2026 in Orlando, Florida. Sloth World’s marquee attraction is its “Slotharium.” The ...

On November 27, 2025, in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, @danjomg shared a video capturing a calm wildlife encounter on a roadway. In the video, a wild sloth is seen slowly making its way across the road as ...

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Costa Rica, alongside Brazil and Panama, has secured new international safeguards for two species of two-toed sloths, as nations at the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...

Athena was a sloth who lived at the National Zoo in Washington, and, according to the zoo, was a much beloved creature who had showed that sloths need not be slothful. Instead, she had been spirited ...

It started innocently enough: I needed a break and wanted to learn how to surf. After nearly a decade of rushing through life in New York City, rarely encountering the natural world beyond a sacred ...

The Erie Zoo announced the recently acquired Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, Coconut, died on Oct. 26. The sloth was found on Oct. 18 laying on the floor with no sign of appetite, low body temperature and ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Golden lion tamarins and Hoffman's two-toed sloths have become unlikely roommates in a brand new habitat at the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society in Florida. Both species ...

GODDARD, Kan. (KSNW) – Tangayika Wildlife Park stopped by the KSN studio on Wednesday to introduce us to Chewy, the two-toed sloth, and talk about Fallapalooza. Chewy, short for Chewbacca, was born at ...