A rare new resident has arrived at Edinburgh Zoo, and he’s already making quite the impression. Cipísek, a two-year-old sloth ...

Sloth bears can suck up termites from a long distance. Male sloth bears have approximately 13 square km average range, which is much less than most other bears.

Most of us are familiar with sloths, the bear-like animals that hang from trees, live life in the slow lane, take a month to digest a meal and poop just once a week. Their closest living relatives ...

Scientists have analyzed ancient DNA and compared more than 400 fossils from 17 natural history museums to figure out how and why extinct sloths got so big.

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 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.

Koalas, a dik-dik and sloth bears: These are the newest baby animals at the San Diego Zoo Here are three baby animals you can see right now at the San Diego Zoo.

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.

For nearly 30 million years, a 2,000-pound beast known as the entelodont ruled a sweeping empire from Mongolia to what is now ...

A 35-year-old woman in Rajasthan's Pali district died after a devastating sloth bear attack while collecting firewood. The incident highlights the dangers of human-wildlife conflict in forest areas.

The Philadelphia Zoo recently announced plans to expand and renovate the Bear Country exhibit. Here's what zoo-goers need to know.