But thanks to uncaring Indians, Pondicherry is drowning in litter despite its legacy of enlightened thinking bequeathed by ...

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, meets every three years to debate global trade protections for imperiled wildlife. This meeting, also known as “CoP20,” was the ...

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

International research and highly-specialized divers are bringing an underground, underwater world to the surface ...

The apparent docility and friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. The rise in trafficking of these animals led the governments of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Fast animals get plenty of attention for their incredible feats of speed. But what about animals ...

The Erie Zoo welcomed a Linneaus’s two-toed sloth named Coconut from the St. Louis Aquarium. Zoo officials believe the Erie Zoo environment will be better suited for Coconut. Coconut arrived earlier ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Denverites willing to brave the heat and visit the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance this summer may be able to sneak a peek at a new baby sloth snoozing and ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Sept. 24, 2023. The original video can be viewed here. The stopwatch has long been the symbol of 60 Minutes. But any measure of time is ...

Defecating exposes sloths to predators on the jungle floor. An unexpected ally benefits, and returns the favor. A brown-throated three-toed sloth peers over a tree's buttress root while defecating on ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A prehistoric discovery near Hays is shedding some new light on a giant ground sloth species that lived more than 10,000 years ago. A study published Monday in the peer-reviewed ...