A child was bitten by a sloth at a zoo in Harnett County, a United States Department of Agriculture inspection report shows.

The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens determined the animals were "dehydrated" upon their arrival, and one animal needed critical care ...

The owner of Sloth World filed for bankruptcy and there are now no plans to open the attraction after more than 30 sloths died ahead of the planned opening. 13 of the surviving sloths were taken to ...

This video shows a sloth hanging from a tree branch in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil, surrounded by dense green vegetation and soft natural light filtering through the leaves. The animal is holding ...

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Former airliners from the Douglas DC-6 to the Boeing 727, Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 have been turned into exotic hotels from ...

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A planned International Drive attraction called Sloth World will not open following dozens of animal deaths, conservation groups said late Friday, as its 13 remaining sloths were placed in the care of ...

Many of the deaths were attributed to a lack of heat at an unauthorized warehouse that Sloth World was using, officials said. By Neil Vigdor Thirty-one sloths that had been acquired by a planned ...