This sloth shutdown was sloooooooow moving. After 18 months, Long Island officials finally put an exotic animal store — and its seven sloths — out of business. Larry Wallach charged $50 a pop for ...

Fans of the movie franchise Zootopia know that sloths make the perfect DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles) workers.

Sloth selfie bans are spreading because cute photos hide stress, disease risk, and illegal wildlife trade most tourists never ...

The Humane Society of the United States has submitted evidence to federal animal authorities of what the group says is suspected mistreatment of sloths and other animals at Sloth Encounters, a ...

The Queen gets to tell everyone what to do, and she chooses a few males to breed with, we believe,” says Kerns. “However, she can have one of the largest litters of any mammals, over 30 babies at a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. As they creep through tropical environments appearing not to have ...

The owner of the Hauppauge-based sloth exhibition business who has continued to advertise sloths and other exotic pets despite a March court order is now facing Islip Town and state charges that could ...

Long before today’s tree-dwelling sloths, a 4-ton giant roamed South America — and it may have stood and fought like a bear.

When Nicole Rice began working at Sloth Encounters, a exotic petting zoo/pet store in Hauppauge, she saw early signs of animal neglect. “I started seeing the animals physically looking unwell,” said ...

It’s not considered polite to talk about it, but we all do it. Some of us are in and out so quickly that nobody would even ...

According to Animal Edventures Sanctuary in Coats, North Carolina, a keeper at the sanctuary discovered Fawn, one of the sloths in the sanctuary, had a sloth pup. Workers at an animal sanctuary ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences will bring a bit of the rainforest to snowy Philadelphia next month with an enormous new exhibit featuring live plants and animals. "Under the Canopy" will take up ...