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Costa Rica, Brazil, and Panama successfully proposed protections for two-toed sloths at CoP20 combating illegal trade and ...

When thinking of the animal kingdom, cheetahs sprinting across the savannah, falcons diving at lightning pace or dolphins ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

The National Zoo announces death of famed sloth: ‘We miss her dearly’ - Athena, the Linnaeus's two-toed sloth at the National Zoo, died overnight on November 13 after rapidly losing weight ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on ...

Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals ...

Phoenix Zoo resident Fernando the sloth has died, the Zoo announced on Nov. 9. The death of Phoenix's own Linnaeus's two-toed sloth was announced on Facebook and described as a "sudden" loss by the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Zoo is mourning the loss of a beloved animal that has been a zoo staple for eight years. Zoo officials announced on Sunday that Fernando, a Linne’s two-toed sloth, ...

The northern and southern maned sloths may look very similar from the outside, but their genomes reveal different stories: The two species have faced very distinct conditions in Brazil's Atlantic ...

Roger Williams Zoo just welcomed its tiniest new tenant: a baby two-toed sloth. On Oct. 11, the new sloth was born at the zoo to mother, Fiona and dad, Riley. It is not known yet whether the sloth is ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging ...