The Edinburgh Zoo has launched a cuteness contest between Haggis, its newborn pygmy hippo, and Moo Deng, the adorable mini ...

Classified as critically endangered and believed to have a rapidly declining population and habitat area, pygmy three-toed sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus) are native exclusively to the island of Escudo de ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival.

While sloths may be cute, especially when randomly hanging on to the wheel of a car, the Sloth Conservation Foundation notes that wild sloths "do not crave or seek out human contact" and can ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed protecting the pygmy three-toed sloth under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal responds to a 2013 petition filed after officials ...

The maned three-toed sloth is vulnerable, while the pygmy three-toed sloth is critically endangered and the sloth species at greatest risk of extinction. Sloths are primarily folivores, feeding mostly ...

Pygmy three-toed sloths (Bradypus pygmaeus) may be on track to receive protection under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA). Such a listing would help prevent zoos and other US facilities from going ...

A baby sloth snuggles into its mum in cute pictures released by Dudley Zoo of its latest new arrival. The two-toed sloth pup, which is yet to be named, was born at the Castle Hill attraction two ...

Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting cute moments of the animals in his care for about five years. He never imagined ...

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