A new International Drive attraction is inviting guests to slow down and enjoy the cute things in life. Opening in February 2026, Sloth World, the world’s first and only “Slotharium” offers guests a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported a surge in cases of “Sloth Fever,” or Oropouche virus infection, among U.S. residents linked to travel to Cuba. The Florida Department ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Move over, Speedy Gonzales! The newest resident of the Mill Mountain Zoo is showing us how to take life slow and steady. She’s 11 years old and traveled to us from Central America.

While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...

The Little Rock Zoo’s newest sloth bear additions are growing up so fast. Zoo officials shared that Kayla the sloth bear’s ...

Oropouche, a.k.a. sloth virus, has been detected in Europe for the first time. The disease can cause intense symptoms that come on fast. There is no vaccine or treatment for the sloth virus. The ...

Ancient sloths lived in trees, on mountains, in deserts, boreal forests and open savannahs. These differences in habitat are primarily what drove the wide difference in size between sloth species.