Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

In Tuesday’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax got a sneak peek to say hello to two of the National Zoo’s ...

Two sloths at Como Zoo & Conservatory are new parents. Sago and Ziggy, both of whom are two-toed sloths, had a baby on May 6. The little one, who is about the size of a grapefruit, hasn’t been named ...

Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, but living in dense jungles has made them notoriously difficult to study. For the first time, scientists have now sequenced and analyzed the two-toed ...

Fire officials issued urgent evacuation orders Friday for a Southern California community as emergency crews scrambled to manage an enormous chemical tank that is "actively in crisis" and threatening ...

It was a special Mother's Day at Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, where two sloths became parents again after a heartbreaking loss last year. The proud parents are Ziggy and Sago, according to senior ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens is mourning the loss of Mr. Ginger, another sloth that was taken in as part of the investigation into Sloth World. Mr. Ginger was the ...

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Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek is back open for the 2026 season. And the zoo wants your help in naming a baby sloth. After 11 years, sloths Chip and Thea welcomed their first cub in March. Names ...

Scotland's first baby sloth has been born at Edinburgh Zoo. The male Linne's two-toed sloth arrived on Monday to first-time parents Feira and Nico, both aged six, marking a major milestone for the zoo ...

A sloth has been born in Scotland for the first time – and has been named in honour of Sir David Attenborough. The Linne's two-toed sloth emerged at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's (RZSS) ...

Sloth deaths continue to mount in connection with the Florida tourist attraction, Sloth World Orlando. Documents from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services obtained by local news ...