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 ...

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 ...

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Different sloth groups can be easily identified by the number of long, curved claws on their forelimbs. The two-toed sloths, as the name suggests, have two claws on their front limbs, while the ...

The pygmy hippo was born weighing 15.4 lbs. on Feb. 19 at Attica Zoological Park in Athens, Greece Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers ...

The power of petite Lucy Cooke searches for the elusive pygmy sloth As part of their Animals on the Edge programme, Lucy Cooke joins a team of conservationists from the Zoological Society London ...

The Montgomery Zoo this week announced the birth of a female pygmy hippopotamus. Anuket was actually born on Feb. 9 but has spent the last month bonding with her mother behind the scenes ...