The Dire Wolf was one of the most powerful predators of the Ice Age - larger, stronger, and capable of crushing bone with an immense bite force. But its build was designed for a world full of ...

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

Fans of the movie franchise Zootopia know that sloths make the perfect DMV (Department of Mammal Vehicles) workers. Incredibly slow-moving and methodical, Flash Slothmore and the rest of his ...

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Two sloth bear cubs were born at the National Zoo, which appears to be good news for this vulnerable species and perhaps bad news for the termites on which they dine. The births, which occurred Dec. 7 ...

WASHINGTON — If you cross a bear with a sloth, what would you get? A sloth bear. And the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute Zoo welcomed two sloth bear cubs that were born ...

A powerful cold front is poised to bring dangerous storms to the DMV on Monday afternoon and evening. by Ida Domingo WASHINGTON (7News) — The Smithsonian's National Zoo is starting the new year with ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Tanganyika Wildlife Park announced Sunday that their beloved sloth, Chewie, has passed away. “Chewie was an extraordinary ambassador for his species for nearly eight years.

In 1991, a skateboarder discovered 1.5-million-year-old giant ground sloth fossils in Wilmington, North Carolina. Scientists from the Smithsonian determined the fossils belonged to two different ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A new International Drive attraction is inviting guests to slow down and enjoy the cute things in life. Opening in February 2026, Sloth World, the world’s first and only “Slotharium” ...

CITES, the global wildlife trade regulation, has agreed to implement stricter rules for the trade in two sloth species increasingly targeted by the tourism industry. Thanks to its peaceful and ...