The extinct giant ground sloths were some of the only mammals that had digestive systems large enough to process the huge avocado seeds whole. They feasted on the fruit and then dispersed the ...

The former home of the giant pandas which previously lived at Edinburgh Zoo is being transformed into a habitat for sloth bears. It will be the first time the zoo welcomes the vulnerable species, ...

A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.

When hibernating a bear will lose up to a third of its body weight and only breathe once a minute. The sloth bear has lost two of its front teeth and has flaps which cover its nostrils so that it ...

The sloth is the world's slowest mammal, so sedentary that algae grows on its furry coat. The plant gives it a greenish tint that is useful camouflage in the trees of its Central and South ...

Young bear cubs are some of the most precious animals on the planet. This is why the eyes of the animal world returned to the San Diego Zoo, where a mama sloth bear named Shayla recently gave ...

Two sloth bear cubs born at the San Diego Zoo in late 2024 made their first public appearance on Thursday. The zoo shared a clip of the cubs emerging from their private den with their mother Shala.

Among those animals are also some of the zoo’s newest babies: twin sloth bear cubs and two koala joeys. “I see guests with a lot more patience when they’re at the habitat,” Thomas said of ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) – The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is getting ready to introduce guests to its newest tiny resident. A female ...

Congratulations are in order as Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo celebrates the birth of a new sloth bear cub, a baby girl born on January 8. The cub was named Bowie by the zoo’s sloth bear team ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Starting Tuesday, the public can help pick the name of the new female sloth bear cub at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. Make a donation at ClevelandMetroparks.com to cast your ...

An unusual bear cub is in Cleveland, just waiting for you to find her a name. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced Tuesday that a sloth bear cub was born back in December. The unnamed female cub ...