The Erie Zoo reported Nov. 3 the death of the recently acquired sloth from St. Louis. The zoo reports it died Oct. 26 due to ...

The Johnson County Center for the Arts is excited to welcome back the Blue Ridge Fiber Guild (BRFG) as this year’s November ...

A new attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom puts polar bears in your face, introduces one very wet walrus, presents a buff buffalo clad in Lycra and solves a mystery, all in 10 minutes. It’s all ...

Well-intentioned gardeners often focus on planting the right plants to feed pollinators and other wildlife with pollen, seeds ...

The Erie Zoo has announced the sad news about the passing of their Linne’s two toed sloth, Coconut. Coconut had passed on ...

Roger Williams Zoo just welcomed its tiniest new tenant: a baby two-toed sloth. On Oct. 11, the new sloth was born at the zoo to mother, Fiona and dad, Riley. It is not known yet whether the sloth is ...

While the majority of animals (humans included) roam the Earth, some of nature’s most fascinating creatures spend their lives ...

Long before today's tree-dwelling sloths became icons of leisure, their ancestors roamed the ground as colossal herbivores.

Look up in the woods and you may see a familiar sight: squirrels using tree limbs like a leafy highway, crossing a patch of ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...