On September 9, 2013, Dallas World Aquarium (DWA) representatives traveled to Panama to collect several pygmy three-toed sloths—the world’s smallest sloth—to bring back to Texas. The sloths are highly ...

Washington, DC—AWI today filed an emergency petition to list the pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) as endangered under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA). Endemic to Panama’s Isla Escudo de ...

Multiple animals were on the agenda at the 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES, a meeting that occurred in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The purpose of this meeting was for governments to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ORLANDO, Fla. — A planned International Drive attraction called Sloth World will not open following dozens of animal deaths, ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — The Smithsonian's National Zoo is starting the new year with twice the excitement thanks to two sloth bear cubs. Zoo officials announced Tuesday that two sloth bear cubs were born ...

Sloths are the ideal representation of calm: slow-moving, sleepy, and perfectly at ease in the treetops. But life in the wild is never as peaceful as it seems and sloths are part of the ongoing food ...