María Carmen Rendiles is set to become Venezuela’s first female saint. Pope Francis paved the way after authorizing a decree regarding a miracle attributed to Rendiles, founder of the Congregation of ...

Tropical rainforests in Central and South America house one of the world’s most unique mammals, the slow-moving, tree-top ...

After a fruitful safari at Wilpattu National Park, wildlife photographer Rohan Fonseka and his colleagues ventured toward the ...

A spokesperson for the San Diego Zoo told the news outlet that sloth mothers are very nurturing and highly “in tune” with the ...

Kobayashi and his colleagues christened the new therizinosaur, Duonychus tsogtbaatari. The genus name means “double claw”, ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has opened a new exhibit with two animals that move a mile a minute. The zoo is welcoming Ruth, a 7-year-old female Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, and Chata ...

The new sloth habitat comes as work continues on the zoo's $52 million Rezoovenation campaign to add a reimagined entrance, manatee exhibit and more to enhance animal welfare as well as the ...

Among those animals are also some of the zoo’s newest babies: twin sloth bear cubs and two koala joeys. “I see guests with a lot more patience when they’re at the habitat,” Thomas said of ...

CLEVELAND — There’s a new baby at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo after the birth of a female sloth bear cub late last year -- and now you can help pick her name. The zoo announced a naming ...