The 2-year-old sloth bear, weighing in at nearly 200 pounds, came to the Philly zoo from the San Diego Zoo last month. A sloth bear, unlike other bears, uses its snout and claws to dig for insects ...

Keesha sniffed around her birthday treat before diving in snout first. The sloth bear, whose 26th birthday was Tuesday, tore through her cardboard cake looking for the hidden treasures ...

But the sloth bear is no lazy creature, the animals sport a slightly longer snout than other species of bear, and they industriously use it along with their lips to create a vacuum-like seal to ...

Sloth bears, who use their curved claws to pick up ants and termites, are native to the Indian sub-continent. They use their long snout and lips to create a vacuum-like seal to suck up the insects.

The sloth bear had a rope through its nose which left it with severe injuries. Malda Forest Department. In 2009, Wildlife SOS and the Indian Government rehabilitated over 620 dancing bears at ...

Sloth bears are a vulnerable species found across India. They normally have long, black fur with a cream-colored marking on their chest, ... its snout just visible on the edge of the frame.

Another factor is the sheer number of people who live alongside sloth bears. India’s population has nearly doubled since 1980; the country is expected to become the world’s most populous ...

Bears are a type of mammal that can be found in many parts of the world. From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different ...

A photo taken at the tiger reserve in 2019 shows a brown leucistic sloth bear walking in front of a normal-colored yearling. Other photos from 2020 show a leucistic bear carrying two black cubs on ...