The northern and southern maned sloths may look very similar from the outside, but their genomes reveal different stories: ...

Vasi the sloth bear is using his new limb to dig, climb and play at Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre in India Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown, Pennsylvania, just got a whole lot cuter. Zookeepers are celebrating their newest star, a one-month-old sloth born to their beloved resident, Beanie. The adorable new ...

The Erie Zoo welcomed a Linneaus’s two-toed sloth named Coconut from the St. Louis Aquarium. Zoo officials believe the Erie Zoo environment will be better suited for Coconut. Coconut arrived earlier ...

They just like to take it all in. When it comes to physical activity, few animals have as maligned a reputation as the sloth. The six sloth species, which call Brazil and Panama home, move with no ...

The three-toed sloth, native to Central and South America, is famous for its slow-moving pace. It spends most of its life ...