Authorities in Toronto say speeding increased after speed cameras vanished, but the data tells a far more nuanced story ...

The Dáil, Ireland’s parliament, on Wednesday voted in favor of removing the mandatory three-day waiting period for abortions by 86 votes to 70, with no abstentions. The bill from Sinn Féin would ...

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 ...

Where to Take Your Child to See a Sloth in the Wild in Costa Rica Few wildlife encounters leave a child more astonished than seeing a sloth in its natural habitat. Costa Rica is one of the best places ...

BOISE, Idaho — Zoo Boise is introducing a new resident. Get to know Jay – a six-year-old male Linné’s two-toed sloth. Jay has joined porcupine Ozzy in the Small Animal Kingdom. The zoo upgraded the ...

Along with armadillos and anteaters, sloths are members of Xenarthra, the only clade of placental mammals to have originated in South America. In new research, scientists sequenced and analyzed ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. — The Science Museum of Virginia is inviting guests this summer to explore how being slow, small or sleepy has its benefits with “Survival of the Slowest.” The touring exhibition, which ...

Whisker Works craft kits and Sanford Main Street "help us hang in there" t-shirts are part of the fundraising efforts to care for the rescued sloths at the zoo (WKMG) SANFORD, Fla. – A small Sanford ...

Florida wildlife officials have temporarily banned the import of sloths until July 10. The ban follows the deaths of 55 sloths at a bankrupt Orlando facility called Sloth World. Investigations ...