Athena suffered from early-onset chronic kidney disease, which made it hard for her to keep weight on, zoo officials said (Facebook/Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute) The 7 ...

SEATTLE — A 20-year-old sloth bear at the Woodland Park Zoo has died, zoo officials announced on Friday. Tasha, a female sloth bear, was euthanized after veterinarians found she had cancer during a ...

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – The Detroit Zoo hopes that upcoming visitors take a moment to welcome the newest resident at their facility, a 3-year-old sloth bear. The zoo shared photos of the sloth bear, ...

ROYAL OAK, MI - We are getting our first glimpse of the Detroit Zoo’s newest addition. Meet Jagger, a 3-year old sloth bear which Zoo staff say is the first of her kind at the Detroit Zoo in decades.

ST. PAUL — Visitors to the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory in St. Paul got a surprise on Wednesday, April 2, when a two-toed sloth gave birth while on exhibit. The baby sloth was born to a 6-year-old ...

SEATTLE — A 3-month-old sloth bear cub named Bowie will make her public debut this weekend at Woodland Park Zoo. Named for David Bowie, with whom she shares a birthday, January 8, will venture into ...

Sago, a six-year-old sloth, with her newborn baby after giving birth in front of zoo guests. Como Park Zoo & Conservatory Zoo guests in Minnesota were the surprise witnesses to the birth of a baby ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D.C. and its visitors are mourning the loss of Athena, a Linnaeus's two-toed sloth known for her lively, mischievous personality, after her sudden death.