Hundreds gathered at the Woodland Park Zoo on Tuesday to break ground on its newest exhibit. Around 100 kids dug tiger-striped shovels into the ground at the zoo to start construction of the new $19.6 ...

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The cubs’ mother, Molly, arrived at the zoo from Kansas last April and her pregnancy occurred after a breeding recommendation from the Species Survival Plan The Smithsonian's National Zoo is ...

Talk about ending the year on a high note. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo closed out 2025 with a rare double dose of good news, welcoming two sloth bear cubs for the first time in more than a decade.

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) announced Jan. 6 that two sloth bear cubs were born in their care Dec. 7 and will debut in an exhibit this spring. The ...

The tiny cubs, currently off-exhibit, are expected to debut in Spring 2026. Mike Bock Nearly one month old, the two sloth bear cubs are shown resting in their den on Jan. 5, 2026. Zoo staff are ...

After this weekend, the Woodland Park Zoo's two sloth bears will spend a few years off exhibit while the zoo builds its new Asian tropical forest exhibit. So, this week will be visitors' last chance ...

Baby animals are our favorite. Puppies, kittens, chicks, bunnies — the list goes on and on! And if you go to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, you can see a brand-new baby sloth ...

A sloth at Cotswold Wildlife Park celebrated World Sleep Day.