Sloth selfie bans are spreading because cute photos hide stress, disease risk, and illegal wildlife trade most tourists never see.

Quick Take With sloths, the females are the ones responsible for mating calls. Three-toed sloth mating calls are often described as high-pitched screams or shrill whistles. These calls travel long ...

When you begin to think of the cutest animals in nature, a sloth may not immediately come to mind, but that’s probably because you’ve never seen a baby sloth. One look at the baby sloth in this ...

Sloth World is rapidly approaching a grand opening on Orlando’s International Drive, its executives say. The 7,500-square-foot facility will be home to more than 40 sloths living in a ...

Larisa R. G. DeSantis received funding from the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, and Vanderbilt University. DeSantis is also a research associate at the La Brea Tar Pits and ...