The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced Tuesday that a sloth bear cub was born back in December. The unnamed female cub weighed 16 ounces at birth and spent time bonding with her mother Shiva.

It is also known for being the only species of bear that carries its young on their back, the zoo explains. As omnivores, the sloth bear is critical for disseminating seeds throughout their ...

Sloth Crossing is the newest exhibit at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens. The zoo is home to a pair of sloths, Chata and Ruth. The new exhibit will be in the zoo's Play Park area. Two sloths ...

the cub has grown stronger and more active and is now able to climb onto mom’s back – a unique behavior of sloth bears as they learn to navigate their environment,” the zoo said in a press ...

Congratulations are in order as Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo celebrates the birth ... they’ll hitch a ride on mom’s back, a unique behavior that sloth bear mothers do to transport their ...

March 13 (UPI) --The San Diego Zoo announced the birth of a sloth pup, the first of its species ... Odd News // 10 hours ago Library book back in circulation after being 98 years overdue March ...

The San Diego Zoo welcomed a newborn Linné’s two-toed sloth on Feb. 8, the first of its kind to be born at the zoo since June 2022. The pup was born to 12-year-old Xena, who has two other ...

Zoo officials unveiled the all-new Sloth Crossing exhibit Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony after teasing the two girls from behind the scenes for months. Families carved time out of their ...

The San Diego Zoo celebrated the birth of a sloth pup on Feb. 8 to 12-year-old mother sloth, Xena. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo) The San Diego Zoo welcomed the birth of a sloth pup in early ...