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 ...

Sloth bear cubs The mother sloth bear walks about her enclosure with her two babies at the San Diego Zoo on Friday, March 7, 2025, in San Diego, CA. (Nelvin C. Cepeda / The San Diego Union-Tribune) ...

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.

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 ...