The Erie Zoo is welcoming a new and permanent resident from the St. Louis Aquarium, a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth named Coconut ...

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After a week of playful online guessing, the Erie Zoo has revealed its newest resident: Coconut, a Linne’s two-toed sloth. Coconut arrived from the St. Louis Aquarium and will soon make his public ...

Sloths have been depicted as the slowest-moving mammals in the world, and have been stuck with that reputation. However, sloths are amazing animals. They may seem innocent and defenseless, but sloths ...

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) removed a giant stuffed animal sloth from a tree along I-5 in Bellingham on Tuesday. The sloth was about 70 feet up, so crews ...

For years, it's been assumed that sloths don't fart. But new footage of a baby sloth letting rip in a water bath has shown that, contrary to popular belief, these tree-dwellers are actually incredibly ...

Photo: Denver Zoo/Facebook New baby sloth alert! On Feb. 2, the Denver Zoo announced the arrival of a new Linne's two-toed sloth. The baby sloth was born on Jan. 26 to parents Charlotte and Elliot.

Family-Friendly Animals from Roxanne Minnish/Pexels Visitors can meet the two-toed sloth and other animals featured in the rainforest exhibit at twice-daily presentations from Feb. 17 through Sept. 2.

"Sloths are shy, nocturnal, tree-dwelling animals uniquely unsuited for public interactions, yet they are being subjected to stressful handling by strangers almost daily.