While the majority of animals (humans included) roam the Earth, some of nature’s most fascinating creatures spend their lives ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-sized, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today's sloths—commonly ...

Got a cute sloth you're trying to come up with a name for? Alright, chances are you probably don't have a pet sloth living at home with you. However, if you work at a zoo or animal sanctuary, or if ...

While speed often captures attention, many animals thrive by moving slowly, conserving energy and avoiding predators. From the banana slug to the dwar ...

While some animals, like cheetahs or peregrine falcons, are built for incredible speed, others live life at a completely different pace. These slow movers may not win any races, but they have mastered ...

Oct. 3 (UPI) --The Elmwood Park Zoo in Pennsylvania is introducing the public to its newest arrival: a baby two-toed sloth born at the facility. The Norristown zoo said the mother, named Beanie, was ...

Being a punk rocker means being perpetually misunderstood. So perhaps it’s vindication that that some seafloor fossils, once considered just piles of decomposing gunk, may now be reclassified as ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is remembering the lasting impact their Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Bean, had on guests and staff. The zoo says the six-year-old sloth, who ...

Deep in a sea of grass, you’ll find a surprising landscape of tiny towns, rolling dunes and sandy beaches nearly 1,000 miles from an ocean. Grab a tube. In the Sandhills of north-central Nebraska, ...

When we talk about feats of engineering, very few megastructures on Earth rival the sheer scale of China's Three Gorges Dam. It's located in Hubei province, spanning the mighty Yangtze River, and it's ...